Biology:Pervagor

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pervagor
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Pervagor janthinosoma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Pervagor
Whitley, 1930

Pervagor is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Pervagor alternans (J. D. Ogilby, 1899) (Yelloweye filefish)
  • Pervagor aspricaudus (Hollard, 1854) (Orangetail filefish)
  • Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854) (Blackbar filefish)
  • Pervagor marginalis Hutchins, 1986
  • Pervagor melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1853) (Redtail filefish)
  • Pervagor nigrolineatus (Herre, 1927) (Black-lined filefish)
  • Pervagor randalli Hutchins, 1986
  • Pervagor spilosoma (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (Fantail filefish)

References

  1. 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q75299 entry