Bovitrigla

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Bovitrigla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Subfamily: Pterygotriglinae
Genus: Bovitrigla
Fowler, 1938
Species:
B. acanthomoplate
Binomial name
Bovitrigla acanthomoplate
Fowler, 1938
Synonyms [2]

Pterygotrigla acanthomoplate(Fowler, 1938)

Bovitrigla is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins, one of two genera belonging to the subfamily Pterygotriglinae. Its only species, Bovitrigla acanthomoplate, is found in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Taxonomy

Bovitrigla was first described as a genus in 1938 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler when he described its only species, Bovitrigla acanthomoplate, [3] the holotype of which was collected off Point Tagolo Light, near northern Mindanao in the Philippines at 8°47'N, 123°31'15"E by United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer USFS Albatross II . [4] The genus is classified within the subfamily Pterygotriglinae, alongside the rather more speciose Pterygotrigla . [5] The genus name is a combination of bos, meaning "bull" and Trigla , the type genus of the Triglidae, Fowler did not explain this but it may allude to the bull-like appearance of its sizeable head. The specific name acanthomoplate compounds acanthus, meaning "thorn" or "spine" with omos, which means "shoulder" and plate, "blade", alluding to the “long, slender suprascapular spine, flaring out and back”. [6]

Description

Bovitrigla has a pair long spines on the snout and posttemporal bone, as well as spine on the postocular. [7] The first dorsal fin has 8 spines and the second dorsal fin has 11 soft rays while the anal fin has a single spine and 11 soft rays. [4] The soft ray count may be 10 for the second dorsal fin and 11 for the anal fin. [7] The colour of preserved specimens is plain brownish with no black spots. [2] The largest specimen had a total length of 163.8 mm (6.45 in). [7]

Distribution and habitat

Bovitrigla is found in the Western Pacific Ocean and specimens have been collected near the Philippines, in the South China Sea and from southern Japan. [7] It has been recorded from depths of 300 to 500 metres (980 to 1,640 ft). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Arceo, H.; Williams, J.T.; Carpenter, K.E.; Quiazon, K.M.; Muallil, R. & Nanola, C. (2019). "Bovitrigla acanthomoplate". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T114192219A154750974. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T114192219A154750974.en . Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Bovitrigla acnathomoplate" in FishBase . February 2022 version.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Takuji Yato; Akinori Teramura; Hiroshi Senou (2022). "First Record of a Gurnard Fish, Bovitrigla acanthomoplate (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Triglidae) from the Enshu-nada Sea, off Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan". Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) (in Japanese). 2022 (51): 1–7. doi:10.32225/bkpmnh.2022.51_1. English abstract
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