Chironemus
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| Large kelpfish (C. marmoratus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamily: | Cirrhitoidea |
| Family: | T. N. Gill, 1862[1]
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| Genus: | Chironemus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Chironemus georgianus G. Cuvier, 1829[2]
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Chironemus is a
ray finned fish, commonly known as kelpfishes, belonging to the family Chironemidae. They are found in the temperate
waters of the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
The Kelpfishes were placed in the
superfamily Cirrhitoidea, which is placed within the order Perciformes in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World,[3] however other authorities place this clade within a new order within the wider Percomorpha, Centrarchiformes.[4] The name of the genus is from Greek cheir meaning "hands" and nema meaning "thread".[5]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[6]
- Chironemus bicornis (Steindachner, 1898)
- Chironemus delfini (Porter, 1914)
- Chironemus georgianus G. Cuvier, 1829 (tasselled kelpfish)
- Chironemus maculosus (J. Richardson, 1850) (silver spot)
- Chironemus marmoratus Günther, 1860 (large kelpfish)
- Chironemus microlepis Waite, 1916 (smallscale kelpfish)
Characteristics
The fishes within the genus Chironemus have tubular nostrils which have tufts of
vomerine teeth but there are no teeth on the palatine. They grow to a maximum of approximately 40 cm (16 in).[4]
Distribution and habitat
Chironemus kelpfishes are found in the southern Pacific Ocean off Australia, New Zealand and the western coast of South America off Peru and Chile.[3] They are coastal fishes adapted to living in shallow waters where they are exposed to waves.[7]
Biology
Chironemus kelpfishes feed on benthic invertebrates. They lodge themselves into small niches or interstices in rocks holding their bodies in place with their large pectoral fins.[7]
Wikispecies has information related to Chironemus.
References
- ^ a b Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chironemidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the originalon 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Chironemidae" in FishBase. June 2021 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (25 February 2021). "Order CENTRARCHIFORMES: Families CENTRARCHIDAE, ELASSOMATIDAE, ENOPLOSIDAE, SINIPERCIDAE, APLODACTYLIDAE, CHEILODACTYLIDAE, CHIRONEMIDAE, CIRRHITIDAE, LATRIDAE, PERCICHTHYIDAE, DICHISTIIDAE, GIRELLIDAE, KUHLIIDAE, KYPHOSIDAE, OPLEGNATHIDAE, TERAPONTIDAE, MICROCANTHIDAE and SCORPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Chironemus in FishBase. June 2021 version.
- ^ a b c Martin F. Gomon & Dianne J. Bray. "Kelpfishes, CHIRONEMIDAE". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Chironemidae". Encyclopedia.com. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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| Non-endemic marine fish in NZ |
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