Hoplichthys
Hoplichthys is a genus of fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus is the only member of the family Hoplichthyidae.[1]
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| Hoplichthys filamentosus | |
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| Family: | Hoplichthyidae Kaup, 1873 |
| Genus: | Hoplichthys G. Cuvier, 1829 |
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| Hoplichthys langsdorfii G. Cuvier, 1829 | |
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Monhoplichthys Fowler, 1938 | |
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
- Hoplichthys acanthopleurus Regan, 1908
- Hoplichthys citrinus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Lemon ghost flathead)
- Hoplichthys fasciatus Matsubara, 1937
- Hoplichthys filamentosus Matsubara & Ochiai, 1950 (Long-ray ghost flathead)
- Hoplichthys gilberti D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908
- Hoplichthys gregoryi (Fowler, 1938) [1]
- Hoplichthys haswelli McCulloch, 1907 (Armoured flathead)
- Hoplichthys imamurai Nagano, McGrouther & Yabe, 2013 (Imamura's ghost flathead) [2]
- Hoplichthys langsdorfii G. Cuvier, 1829
- Hoplichthys mcgroutheri Nagano, Imamura & Yabe, 2014 (McGrouther's ghost flathead) [1]
- Hoplichthys mimaseanus Nagano, Endo & Yabe, 2013 [3]
- Hoplichthys ogilbyi McCulloch, 1914 (Ogilby's ghost flathead)
- Hoplichthys pectoralis (Fowler, 1943)
- Hoplichthys platophrys C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- Hoplichthys prosemion (Fowler, 1938) [1]
- Hoplichthys regani D. S. Jordan, 1908 (Ghost flathead)
- Hoplichthys smithi (Fowler, 1938) [1]
References
- Nagano, Y., Imamura, H. & Yabe, M. (2014): A new ghost flathead (Scorpaeniformes: Hoplichthyidae) from southwestern Australia. Ichthyological Research, 62 (3): 245-252.
- Nagano, Y., McGrouther, M.A. & Yabe, M. (2013): A new species of the hoplichthyid genus Hoplichthys (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae) from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa, 3681 (3): 241–248.
- Nagano, Y., Endo, H. & Yabe, M. (2013): Hoplichthys mimaseanus, a New Ghost Flathead from East Asia and Western Australia (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 1–9.
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