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Trichonotus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Rank
  
Genus

Trichonotus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Family
  
Trichonotidae Bleeker, 1859

Similar
  
Perciformes, Trachinoidei, Percophidae, Sandperch, Percomorpha

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Trichonotus is a genus of marine perciform fishes. Species of Trichonotus are distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific. This genus is the only member of the family Trichonotidae.

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Description

Trichonotus species have jutting lower jaws, five soft rays, and single pelvic spines. In males, the anterior rays on their dorsal fins may be extended. Their lateral lines run along the middle flank. On the back end of the lateral line scales is a deep, V-shaped notch. The type species is Trichonotus setiger.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

  • Trichonotus arabicus J. E. Randall & A. B. Tarr, 1994 (Arabian sand-diver)
  • Trichonotus blochii Castelnau, 1875 (Bloch's sand-diver)
  • Trichonotus cyclograptus Alcock, 1890 (Bengal sand-diver)
  • Trichonotus elegans Shimada & Yoshino, 1984 (Long-rayed sand-diver)
  • Trichonotus filamentosus Steindachner, 1867
  • Trichonotus halstead E. Clark & Pohle, 1996 (Gold-bar sand-diver)
  • Trichonotus marleyi J. L. B. Smith, 1936
  • Trichonotus nikii E. Clark & K. von Schmidt, 1966
  • Trichonotus setiger Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Spotted sand-diver)
  • Trichonotus somaliensis Katayama, Motomura & Endo, 2012 (Somalian sand-diver)

    • References

    Trichonotus Wikipedia
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