Biology:Spotted gurnard
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Short description: Species of fish
| Spotted gurnard | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Genus: | Pterygotrigla |
| Species: | P. picta
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterygotrigla picta (Günther, 1880)
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The spotted gurnard, Pterygotrigla picta, is a searobin of the family Triglidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 35 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Pterygotrigla picta" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q3077813 entry
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