Spinyfin: Difference between revisions

Spinyfins
	Silver Spinyfin, Diretmus argenteus, from plate 45 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Diretmidae
Genera
	Diretmus; Diretmichthys; Diretmoides; See text for species.

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Spinyfins are a family, Diretmidae, of beryciform fishes. The name is from Greek, di meaning "two" and eretmos meaning "oar".

There are four species in three genera:

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Diretmidae". FishBase. January 2006 version.

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 There are four species in three genera:
 * Genus ''[[Diretmus]]''
-** [[Silver Spinyfin]], ''[[Diretmus argenteus]]'' <small>Johnson, 1864</small>
+** [[Silver spinyfin]], ''[[Diretmus argenteus]]'' <small>Johnson, 1864</small>
 * Genus ''[[Diretmichthys]]''
-** [[Parin's Spinyfin]], ''[[Diretmichthys parini]]'' <small>(Post & Quéro, 1981)</small>
+** [[Parin's spinyfin]], ''[[Diretmichthys parini]]'' <small>(Post & Quéro, 1981)</small>
 * Genus ''[[Diretmoides]]''
-** [[Longwing Spinyfin]], ''[[Diretmoides pauciradiatus]]'' <small>(Woods, 1973)</small>
+** [[Longwing spinyfin]], ''[[Diretmoides pauciradiatus]]'' <small>(Woods, 1973)</small>
 ** ''[[Diretmoides veriginae]]'' <small>Kotlyar, 1987</small>