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Zaniolepis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraphylum
  
Gnathostomata

Family
  
Hexagrammidae

Scientific name
  
Zaniolepis latipiniis

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Neopterygii

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Superclass
  
Osteichthyes

Subfamily
  
Zaniolepidinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

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Similar
  
Zaniolepis latipinnis, Scorpaeniformes, Pleurogrammus, Hexagrammos stelleri, Hexagrammos octogrammus

Zaniolepis is a genus of scorpaeniform fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Z. frenata is known to have been a source of food to the Native American inhabitants of San Nicolas Island off the coast of southern California, United States during the Middle Holocene.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

  • Zaniolepis frenata C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 (shortspine combfish)
  • Zaniolepis latipinnis Girard, 1858 (longspine combfish)
  • References

    Zaniolepis Wikipedia