Aspidophoroides
Appearance
Aspidophoroides | |
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Alligatorfish (A. monopterygius) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Subfamily: | Anoplagoninae |
Genus: | Aspidophoroides Lacépède, 1801 |
Type species | |
Aspidophoroides tranquebar Lacepède, 1801[1]
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Aspidophoroides is a genus of poachers native to the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786) (Alligatorfish)
- Aspidophoroides olrikii Lütken, 1877 (Arctic alligatorfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Anoplagoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aspidophoroides". FishBase. December 2012 version.