Gonorynchus
Beaked salmon Temporal range: Cretaceous – Recent[1]
Late | |
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Gonorynchus greyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
Family: | Gonorynchidae |
Genus: | Gonorynchus Scopoli ex Gronow, 1777 |
Type species | |
Cyprinus gonorynchus Linnaeus, 1766
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Gonorynchus is a genus of long thin
shorelines. There are five known extant species which are placed in this genus.[2] All have a distinctive angular snout (hence the name) that the fish use to dig themselves into the sand. A swim bladder is absent.[3]
The most
Beaked salmon are fished commercially in some areas. The flesh of Gonorynchus greyi, found around Australia and New Zealand, is reported to be "firm and of good flavour".[4]
Species
Source:[5]
- Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Gonorynchus forsteri J. D. Ogilby, 1911
- Gonorynchus gonorynchus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Gonorynchus greyi (J. Richardson, 1845)
- Gonorynchus moseleyi D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1923
References
- ^ ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Gonorynchus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ^ Fishes of the World
- ^ Fishbase
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Gonorynchidae" in FishBase. June 2011 version.