Latridae

Latridae
Striped Trumpeter, (Latris lineata), on a deep reef in the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve, northeast Tasmania - depth 160 m
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Cirrhitoidea
Family: Latridae
T. N. Gill, 1862[1]
Genera

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New Zealand Blue Moki (Latridopsis ciliaris)
Telescope fish (Mendosoma lineatum)

Latridae commonly called trumpeters, is a family of marine ray-finned fish. They are found in temperate seas in the Southern Hemisphere. The classification of the species within the Latridae and the related Cheilodactylidae is unclear.They are fished commercially and for sport.

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. Retrieved 24 July 2021.