Thysanophrys

Thysanophrys is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Thysanophrys
Longsnout Flathead (T. chiltonae)
Tasselsnout Flathead (T. cirronasa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Platycephalidae
Genus:
Thysanophrys

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Thysanophrys armata (Fowler, 1938)
  • Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855) (Celebes flathead)
  • Thysanophrys chiltonae L. P. Schultz, 1966 (Longsnout flathead)
  • Thysanophrys cirronasa (J. Richardson, 1848) (Tasselsnout flathead)
  • Thysanophrys longirostris (K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 1987)
  • Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 1999 (Smallknob flathead)
  • Thysanophrys randalli L. W. Knapp, 2013[2]
  • Thysanophrys rarita L. W. Knapp, 2013[2]
  • Thysanophrys springeri L. W. Knapp, 2013[2]
  • Thysanophrys tricaudata L. W. Knapp, 2013[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Thysanophrys in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. Knapp, L. W. (2013): Descriptions of four new species of Thysanophrys (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3608 (2): 127–136.


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