Trichonotus
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Trichonotus | |
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Trichonotus filamentosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachiniformes |
Family: | Trichonotidae Bleeker, 1859 |
Genus: | Trichonotus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
Type species | |
Trichonotus setiger Bloch & Schneider, 1801
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Trichonotus is a genus of marine gobiiform fishes. Species of Trichonotus are distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific.[1] This genus is the only member of the family Trichonotidae.
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.[1]
Species[]
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
- Trichonotus arabicus J. E. Randall & , 1994 (Arabian sand-diver)
- Castelnau, 1875 (Bloch's sand-diver) [2]
- Alcock, 1890 (Bengal sand-diver)
- Trichonotus elegans & , 1984 (Long-rayed sand-diver)
- Steindachner, 1867
- E. Clark & , 1996 (Gold-bar sand-diver)
- J. L. B. Smith, 1936
- E. Clark & , 1966
- Trichonotus setiger Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Spotted sand-diver)
- , & , 2012 (Somalian sand-diver) [3]
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Trichonotus in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ Katayama, E. & Endo, H. (2010): Redescription of a Sanddiver, Trichonotus blochii (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Trichonotidae), with Confirmation of Its Validity. Species Diversity, 15 (1): 1-10.
- ^ Katayama, E., Motomura, H. & Endo, H. (2012): A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype. Zootaxa, 3565: 31-43.
Categories:
- Trichonotus
- Gobiiformes
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch
- Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
- Gobiiformes stubs