Bovichtus
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| Bovichtus angustifrons | |
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| Genus: | Bovichtus Valenciennes, 1832
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Bovichtus is a genus of fish in the family Bovichtidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
- Bovichtus angustifrons Regan, 1913
- Bovichtus argentinus MacDonagh, 1931
- Bovichtus chilensis Regan, 1913
- Bovichtus diacanthus (Carmichael, 1819)
- Bovichtus psychrolutes Günther, 1860 (Scaled thornfish) [1]
- Bovichtus variegatus (J. Richardson, 1846) (Thornfish)
- Bovichtus veneris Sauvage, 1879
References
- ^ Balushkin, A.V. (2016): Systematics of the Antarctic Thornfishes of the Genus Bovichtus (Bovichtidae) of the Seamounts of the New Zealand Basin. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (5): 631-638.