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Revision as of 11:59, 10 November 2006

Spinyfins
Silver Spinyfin, Diretmus argenteus, from plate 45 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification
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Diretmidae
Genera

Diretmus
Diretmichthys
Diretmoides
See text for species.

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:

References