Halimochirurgus
Halimochirurgus centriscoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Halimochirurgus
Alcock, 1899

Halimochirurgus is a small genus of spikefishes native to the deep waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Species

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

  • Halimochirurgus alcocki M. C. W. Weber, 1913
  • Halimochirurgus centriscoides Alcock, 1899 (Longsnout spikefish)

References

  1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.


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