Grammatonotus
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| Grammatonotus surugaensis | |
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| Genus: | Grammatonotus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
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| Grammatonotus laysanus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
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Grammatonotus is a genus of fish in the family Callanthiidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. These fish are ovoid to elongated in shape, with short, rounded snouts. The anterior nostril is tubular. They have large teeth with one to two canine teeth on each side. The scales are large.[1]
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
- Grammatonotus ambiortus Prokofiev, 2006
- Grammatonotus brianne W. D. Anderson, Greene & L. A. Rocha, 2016 (Batangas groppo) [2]
- Grammatonotus crosnieri (Fourmanoir, 1981) (Crosnier's groppo)
- Grammatonotus lanceolatus (Kotthaus, 1976)
- Grammatonotus laysanus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- Grammatonotus macrophthalmus Katayama, Yamamoto & Yamakawa, 1982
- Grammatonotus roseus (Günther, 1880) (Rosy groppo) [2]
- Grammatonotus surugaensis Katayama, Yamakawa & K. Suzuki, 1980
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Grammatonotus". FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ^ a b Anderson, W.D.Jr., Greene, B.D. & Rocha, L.A. (2016): Grammatonotus brianne, a new callanthiid fish from Philippine waters, with short accounts of two other Grammatonotus from the Coral Triangle. Zootaxa, 4173 (3): 289–295.
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