Streaked gurnard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Triglidae |
Genus: | Chelidonichthys |
Subgenus: | Trigloporus |
Species: | C. lastoviza
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Binomial name | |
Chelidonichthys lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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The streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza), also known as the African gurnard or rock gurnard, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and western Indian Ocean. This species is of commercial importance as a food fish.