Aplodactylidae
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| Marblefishes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Aplodactylidae |
| Genera | |
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Aplodactylus |
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Marblefishes are a family, Aplodactylidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Peru and Chile.
[edit] Species
There are six species in two genera:
- Genus Aplodactylus
- Aplodactylus arctidens Richardson, 1839.
- Notchheaded marblefish, Aplodactylus etheridgii (Ogilby, 1889).
- Aplodactylus guttatus Guichenot, 1848.
- Aplodactylus punctatus Valenciennes, 1832.
- Aplodactylus westralis Russell, 1987.
- Genus Crinodus
- Rock cale, Crinodus lophodon (Günther, 1859).
[edit] References
- "Aplodactylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=170248. Retrieved 20 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Aplodactylidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
