Lepidotrigla

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Lepidotrigla
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Large-scaled gurnard (L. cavillone)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Subfamily: Triglinae
Genus: Lepidotrigla
Günther, 1860
Type species
Trigla aspera
Cuvier, 1829 [1]
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Aoyagichthys Whitley, 1958
  • HathaWhitley, 1959
  • Microtrigla Kaup, 1873
  • Pachytrigla Fowler, 1938
  • PalaenichthysKaup, 1873
  • Paratrigla Ogilby, 1911
  • PristhoplotriglaFowler, 1938
  • SagenocephalusKaup, 1873
  • StagonotriglaFowler, 1938

Lepidotrigla is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. These gurnards are found in the Eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

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Taxonomy

Lepidotrigla was first described as a genus in 1860 by the German-born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Günther with Trigla aspera, which had been described in 1829 from the Mediterranean Sea by Georges Cuvier, [2] as the type species. The genus is classified within the subfamily Triglinae, the nominate subfamily of the family Triglidae. [1] The genus name prefixes Trigla , the type genus of the Triglidae. with lepido, "scaled", a reference to the larger scales on these gurnards in comparison to those on Trigla. [3]

Characteristics

Lepidotrigla larval form Larval gurnard, Reef Bay South imported from iNaturalist photo 267050968.jpg
Lepidotrigla larval form

Lepidotrigla gurnards are characterised by having the 3 lower rays of the pectoral fin free of the fin membrane and a scaled tail, like the other Triglid gurnards. The bucklers, bony plate at the base of the dorsal fin spines and rays, have with sharp spines on their rears along the whole length of both first and seconddorsal fins. [4] The groobe behind the eyes of these fishes may be complete, running from one side of the head to the other, or there may be just a furrow behind each eye. There are large, ctenoid scales on the body, although some species have cycloid scales on the belly. There are fewer tha than 70 scales in the lateral line. There may, or may not be vomerine teeth. [5] These relatively small grnards vary in size from the smallest, the spotwing gurnard (L. spiloptera) with a maximum published total length of 10 cm (3.9 in), to the scalebreast gurnard (L. cadmani) and L. microptera, both having maximum published total length of 30 cm (12 in). [6]

Distribution

Lepidotrigla gurnards are found in the tropical and warm temperate waters of the eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, with one species L. jimjoebob being found as far east as the Line Islands in the eastern central Pacific. [6]

Species

Red gurnard (Lepidotrigla kumu) Red Gurnard, Scorching Bay imported from iNaturalist photo 393999032.jpg
Red gurnard ( Lepidotrigla kumu )
Spiny gurnard (L. papilio) Spiny Gurnard, Blairgowrie VIC 3942, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 30057218 (cropped).jpg
Spiny gurnard ( L. papilio )

Lepidotrigla is the most speciose genus in the Triglidae [7] and has 58 species classified within it: [6] [2]

See also

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<i>Lepidotrigla spiloptera</i> Species of fish

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References

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  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidotrigla". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (19 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 17 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Richards W.J. (1999). "Triglidae Gurnards, sea robins (also, armoured gurnards, armoured sea robins)". In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. pp. 2359–2363. ISBN   92-5-104301-9.
  5. ↑ Del Cerro L & D. Lloris (1997). Séret, B. (ed.). "Gurnard Fishes (Scorpaeniformes, Triglidae) from off New Caledonia, with description of five new species". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, v. 17. 174: 91–124.
  6. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidotrigla". FishBase . February 2022 version.
  7. ↑ Gomon, M. F. and T. Kawai (2018). "A review of Indonesia's Indian Ocean species of Lepidotrigla gurnards (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) with descriptions of three new species from southern coastal waters" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 66: 624–651.
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