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Notograptus

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Notograptus
Notograptus guttatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Plesiopidae
Subfamily: Acanthoclininae
Genus: Notograptus
Günther, 1867
Type species
Notograptus guttatus
Günther, 1867

Notograptus is a genus of marine fish in subclass Actinopterygii and order Perciformes. They are sometimes placed in the monotypic family Notograptidae, or may instead be included in the family Plesiopidae.[1][2] Notograptus supposedly bears a relationship with Acanthoplesiops.[3]

Notograptus contains these species:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Allaby, Michael (2009). "Notograptidae". Notograptidae_A Dictionary of Zoology (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191726958.
  2. ^ "Notograptidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Randall D. Mooi & Anthony C. Gill (2004). "Notograptidae, sister to Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae), with comments on biogeography, diet and morphological convergence with Congrogadinae (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (2): 179–205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00119.x.
  4. ^ Nicolas Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Notograptus". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

Further reading

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  • Mooi, R. D. "Notograptidae." FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific 4 (1999).
  • James C. Tyler, C. Lavett Smith "New Species of Blennioid Fish of the Family Notograptidae from Eastern Australia". Academy of Natural Sciences.