Deepwater burrfish
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Genus: | Allomycterus McCulloch, 1921
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Species: | A. pilatus
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Allomycterus pilatus Whitley, 1931
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The deepwater burrfish (Allomycterus pilatus) is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the Tasman Sea and off southern Australia. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
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