Biology:Pelagocephalus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Pelagocephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Pelagocephalus J. C. Tyler & Paxton, 1979 |
| Species: | P. marki
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & M. M. Smith, 1981
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Pelagocephalus is a genus of pufferfish which is from the coasts of South Africa and New Zealand. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pelagocephalus marki, also known as the rippled blaasop. This species grows to a length of about 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pelagocephalus marki" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3754380 entry
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