| Ptarmus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Aploactinidae |
| Genus: | Ptarmus J. L. B. Smith, 1947 |
| Type species | |
| Cocotropus jubatus J. L. B. Smith, 1935 | |
Ptarmus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, velvetfishes belonging to the family Aploactinidae. This genus is endemic to the waters of the western Indian Ocean.
Ptarmus was first described as a genus in 1947 by the South African ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith as a monotypic genus for Coccotropus jubatus, which he had described in 1935 from the coast of modern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [1] Later the Red Sea endemic, Tetraroge gallus, which had been described in 1877 by Robby August Kossmann and H. Räuber from off Eritrea, was reclassified as Ptarmus gallus. [2] This genus is classified within the family Aploactinidae in the suborder Scorpaenoidei within the order Scorpaeniformes, [3] although this family is also treated as a subfamily of the stonefish family Synanceiidae [4] [5] within the Scorpaenoidei, which in turn is treated as a superfamily within the order Perciformes. [6] The name of the genus, Ptarmus means "sneeze", an allusion not explained by Smith. [7]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [8]
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