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Smallscaled gurnards

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Chelidonichthys

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Family
  
Triglidae

Higher classification
  
Sea robins

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Tub gurnard, Red gurnard, Spiny red gurnard, Longfin gurnard

Smallscaled gurnards (Chelidonichthys) is a fish genus in the family Triglidae.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

  • Chelidonichthys capensis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Cape gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys gabonensis (Poll & C. Roux, 1955) (Gabon gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys ischyrus D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
  • Chelidonichthys kumu (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Bluefin gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys lucernus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tub gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792) (Longfin gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys queketti (Regan, 1904) (Lesser gurnard)
  • Chelidonichthys spinosus (McClelland, 1844) (Spiny red gurnard)

    • References

    Smallscaled gurnards Wikipedia
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