Tydemania navigatoris
Appearance
Tydemania navigatoris | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Triacanthodidae |
Genus: | Tydemania M. C. W. Weber, 1913 |
Species: | T. navigatoris
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Binomial name | |
Tydemania navigatoris M. C. W. Weber, 1913
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Tydemania navigatoris, the fleshy-lipped spikefish, is a species of spikefish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans where it occurs at depths of from 50 to 607 metres (164 to 1,991 ft). This species grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL. This fish is specialized to feed on the scales of other fishes. This species is the only known member of the genus Tydemania.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.