Pterygotriglinae
| Pterygotriglinae | |
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| Pterygotrigla arabica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterygotriglinae Fowler, 1938[1] |
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Pterygotriglinae is a
ray-finned fishes, part of the family Triglidae, the gurnards and searobins. These gurnards are found in the Indo-Pacific
region.
Taxonomy
Pterygotriglinae was first proposed as a taxonomic grouping by the American
suborder Platycephaloidei within the order Scorpaeniformes.[3] This subfamily is regarded as more derived than the Prionotinae but less so than Triglinae.[4]
Etymology
The name of the subfamily is based on that of its
Trigla the type genus of the Triglidae which was also the original genus of P. polyommata when it was described by Richardson in 1839.[5] The common name used for most of the species classified within this subfamily is gurnard which derives from the croaking sound they create when caught.[6]
Genera
Pterygotriglinae contains the following 2 genera:[7]
- Bovitrigla Fowler, 1938
- Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
Characteristics
Pterygotriglinae gurnards are separated from the other Triglid subfamilies by having 27 vertebrae, the lateral line ends at caudal base and does not fork on the
total length of 62 cm (24 in) and the smallest is the Pterygotrigla hafizi at 8.9 cm (3.5 in) in maximum published total length.[7]
Distribution
Pterygotriglinae gurnards are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Red Sea and eastern Africa to the Western Central Pacific Ocean.[8]
References
- PMID 25543675.
- ^ Fowler, H. W. (1938). "Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 85 (3032): 31–135.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ doi:10.1071/MF01128.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (10 June 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 12): Suborder Triglioidei: Families Triglidae and Peristediidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Gurnard". Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2022). "Triglidae" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pterygotriglinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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