Zanclorhynchidae

Zanclorhynchidae
Zanclorhynchus spinifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Scorpaenoidei
Family:	Zanclorhynchidae Andriashev, 1993
Genera
Alertichthys Moreland, 1960 Zanclorhynchus Günther, 1880
Synonyms
Zanclorhynchinae

Zanclorhynchidae, the horsefishes, is a family of marine scorpaenoid fish. ^[1] It contains two genera formerly placed in Congiopodidae. ^[2] They are native to the Southern Ocean.

Taxonomy

• Family Zanclorhynchidae
  • Genus Alertichthys Moreland, 1960
  • Genus Zanclorhynchus Günther, 1880

References

1. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
2. Voskoboinikova, Olga S.; Zhukov, Mikhail Yu. (2021-09-01). "Comparative osteology of the superfamily Congiopodoidea (Pisces: Scorpaenoidei)". Zoomorphology. 140 (3): 373–385. doi:10.1007/s00435-021-00537-1. ISSN   1432-234X.