Pterygotrigla

Pterygotrigla is a genus of searobins native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Pterygotrigla
Spotted Gurnard (P. picta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Pterygotrigla
Waite, 1899
Type species
Trigla polyommata
J. Richardson, 1839
Synonyms
  • Hoplonotus Guichenot, 1867 (pre-occupied)
  • Otohime D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1907
  • Exolissus D. S. Jordan, 1923
  • Parapterygotrigla Matsubara, 1937
  • Dixiphichthys Fowler, 1938
  • Dixiphistes Fowler, 1938
  • Uradia Kamohara, 1938

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:

  • Pterygotrigla amaokai Richards, Yato & Last, 2003
  • Pterygotrigla andertoni Waite, 1910 (Painted latchet)
  • Pterygotrigla arabica Boulenger, 1888
  • Pterygotrigla cajorarori Richards & Yato, 2012 (Hyperostotic gurnard) [1]
  • Pterygotrigla draiggoch Richards, Yato & Last, 2003 (Dragon gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla elicryste Richards, Yato & Last, 2003 (Dwarf gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla gomoni Last & Richards, 2012 (Gomon's Gurnard) [2]
  • Pterygotrigla guezei Fourmanoir, 1963 (Mauritius gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla hafizi Richards, Yato & Last, 2003
  • Pterygotrigla hemisticta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Blackspotted gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla hoplites Fowler, 1938 (Swordspine gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla jacad Richards & Yato, 2014 [3]
  • Pterygotrigla leptacanthus Günther, 1880 (Black-finned gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla macrolepidota Kamohara, 1938
  • Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus Kamohara, 1936 (Longnose gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla megalops Fowler, 1938
  • Pterygotrigla multiocellata Matsubara, 1937 (Antrorse spined gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla multipunctata Yatou & Yamakawa, 1983
  • Pterygotrigla pauli Hardy, 1982 (Yellow spotted gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla picta Günther, 1880 (Spotted gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla polyommata J. Richardson, 1839 (Latchet)
  • Pterygotrigla robertsi del Cerro & Lloris, 1997
  • Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis Matsubara & Hiyama, 1932 (Ryukyu gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla saumarez Last & J. Richards, 2012 (Saumarez gurnard) [2]
  • Pterygotrigla soela Richards, Yato & Last, 2003 (Soela gurnard)
  • Pterygotrigla spirai Golani & Baranes, 1997
  • Pterygotrigla tagala Herre & Kauffman, 1952
  • Pterygotrigla urashimai Richards, Yato & Last, 2003

References
  1. Richards, W.J. & Yato, T. (2012): The tropical species of the subgenus Pterygotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae: Pterygotrigla) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3484: 53–64.
  2. Last, P.R. & Richards, W.J. (2012): Two new gurnards of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from Australian seas. Zootaxa, 3195: 39–50.
  3. Richards, W.J. & Yato, T. (2014): Revision of the subgenus Parapterygotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae: Pterygotrigla). Zootaxa, 3768 (1): 23–42.


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