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Eastern spiny gurnard

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Eastern spiny gurnard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Lepidotrigla
Species:
L. pleuracanthica
Binomial name
Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica
Synonyms[1]
  • Trigla pleuracanthica Richardson, 1845

The Eastern spiny gurnard (Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica) is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It is endemic to Australia.

Taxonomy

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The Eastern spiny gurnard was first formally described as Trigla pleuracanthica in 1845 by the Scottish naval surgeon, arctic explorer and naturalist John Richardson with the type locality given as Sydney.[2] Although regarded as a valid species by some authorities, others regard this taxon as a junior synonym of Lepidotrigla papilio.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica". FishBase. february 2022 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidotrigla". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ W. J. Richards (1992). "Comments on the Genus Lepidotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species from the Indian and Pacific Oceans". Bulletin of Marine Science. 51 (1): 45–65.