Biology:Kelpfish
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Kelpfishes | |
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| Large kelpfish (C. marmoratus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamily: | Cirrhitoidea |
| Family: | [[Biology:|Chironemidae]] T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Genus: | [[Biology:|Chironemus]] G. Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Chironemus georgianus G. Cuvier, 1829
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A kelpfish is a member of the genus Chironemus of perciform fishes in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.[1]
Etymology
The name of the genus is from Greek cheir meaning "hands" and nema meaning "thread".
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Chironemus bicornis (Steindachner, 1898)
- Chironemus delfini (Porter, 1914)
- Chironemus georgianus G. Cuvier, 1829 (tasselled kelpfish)
- Chironemus maculosus (J. Richardson, 1850) (silver spot)
- Chironemus marmoratus Günther, 1860 (large kelpfish)
- Chironemus microlepis Waite, 1916 (smallscale kelpfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Chironemidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chironemus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q515550 entry
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