Dictyosoma

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Dictyosoma
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.737 - Dictyosoma burgeri Van der Hoeven - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg
Dictyosoma burgeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cebidichthyidae
Genus: Dictyosoma
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 [1]
Type species
Dictyosoma burgeri, a synonym of D. temmincki

Dictyosoma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cebidichthyidae, the monkeyface pricklebacks. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Dictyosoma: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xiphesterinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dictyosoma". FishBase . February 2022 version.