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Spikefish
The spikefishes (family Triacanthodidae) are ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. They live in deep waters, below 50 metres (160 ft), but above the continental shelves. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the west-central Pacific.[1]
The spikefishes are quite variable in form, with some species having tubular snouts (greatly elongated in Halimochirurgus and Macrorhamphosodes), and others have spoon-like teeth for scraping the scales off other fishes. Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a maximum length of about 5–22 centimetres (2.0–8.7 in).
Classification
Family Triacanthodidae
- Genus Atrophacanthus – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Genus Bathyphylax – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Genus Halimochirurgus – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Genus Hollardia – western Atlantic and Hawaii
- Genus Johnsonina – western Atlantic
- Genus Macrorhamphosodes – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Genus Mephisto – Indian Ocean
- Genus Parahollardia – western Atlantic
- Genus Paratriacanthodes – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Genus Triacanthodes – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Genus Tydemania – western Pacific and Indian Ocean
References
- ^ Matsura, Keiichi & Tyler, James C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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