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Deepwater burrfish

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Deepwater burrfish
Scientific classification
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Allomycterus

McCulloch, 1921
Species:
A. pilatus
Binomial name
Allomycterus pilatus
Whitley, 1931

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

  1. ^ 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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