Smallscaled gurnards | |
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Spiny red gurnard, (C. spinosus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Triglidae |
Subfamily: | Triglinae |
Genus: | Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873 |
Type species | |
Trigla hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Chelidonichthys, the smallscaled gurnards, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. These gurnards are found in the Eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.