Spiny red gurnard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Genus: | Chelidonichthys |
| Species: | C. spinosus
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| Chelidonichthys spinosus (McClelland, 1844)
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The spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus) is a species of searobin native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean where they occur at depths of from 25 to 615 metres (82 to 2,018 ft). This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL. This species is of commercial importance as a food fish.[1]
Gallery[]
Camouflaged in gravel.
Spiny red gurnards in an aquarium.
Spiny red gurnard with its characteristic super-enlarged pectoral fins.
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Chelidonichthys spinosus" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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