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Bovichtus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Bovichtidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Scientific name
  
Bovichtus

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Bovichtus variegatus, Thornfish, Cottoperca, Pseudaphritis urvillii, Perciformes

Bovichtus is a genus of fish in the family Bovichtidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

  • Bovichtus angustifrons Regan, 1913
  • Bovichtus argentinus MacDonagh, 1931
  • Bovichtus chilensis Regan, 1913
  • Bovichtus diacanthus (Carmichael, 1819)
  • Bovichtus psychrolutes Günther, 1860 (Scaled thornfish)
  • Bovichtus variegatus (J. Richardson, 1846) (Thornfish)
  • Bovichtus veneris Sauvage, 1879

    • References

    Bovichtus Wikipedia
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