Spotted gurnard

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Spotted gurnard
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Triglidae
Genus:
Pterygotrigla
Species:
P. picta
Binomial name
Pterygotrigla picta
(Günther, 1880)

The spotted gurnard, Pterygotrigla picta, is a searobin of the family Triglidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 35 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Pterygotrigla picta" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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