Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Genus Perryena
Whitley, 1940 | Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes Rank Species | |
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Family Perryenidae
Honma, Imamura & Kawai, 2013 Similar Scorpaeniformes, Congiopodidae, Apistidae, Australian prowfish, Red velvetfish | ||
Perryena leucometopon, the Whitenose pigfish, is a scorpaeniform fish endemic to the Pacific Ocean around Australia where it is found on coral reefs. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus and in 2013 was split from the family Congiopodidae into its own family.
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