Biology:Aspidophoroides

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Aspidophoroides
Aspidophoroides monopterygius.jpg
Alligatorfish (A. monopterygius)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Subfamily: Anoplagoninae
Genus: Aspidophoroides
Lacépède, 1801

Aspidophoroides is a genus of poachers native to the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786) (Alligatorfish)
  • Aspidophoroides olrikii Lütken, 1877 (Arctic alligatorfish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Aspidophoroides in FishBase. December 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1449104 entry