Lepidotrigla

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Genus of fishes

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::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Merkmale Großschuppen-Knurrhahn.png | image_caption = Large-scaled gurnard (L. cavillone) | taxon = Lepidotrigla | authority = Günther, 1860 | type_species= Trigla aspera | type_species_authority = Cuvier, 1829 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text | synonyms = * Aoyagichthys Whitley, 1958

  • Hatha Whitley, 1959
  • Microtrigla Kaup, 1873
  • Pachytrigla Fowler, 1938
  • Palaenichthys Kaup, 1873
  • Paratrigla Ogilby, 1911
  • Pristhoplotrigla Fowler, 1938
  • Sagenocephalus Kaup, 1873
  • Stagonotrigla Fowler, 1938 | synonyms_ref=

Lepidotrigla is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. These gurnards are found in the Eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

Taxonomy

Lepidotrigla was first described as a genus in 1860 by the German-born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Günther with Trigla aspera, which had been described in 1829 from the Mediterranean Sea by Georges Cuvier, as the type species. The genus is classified within the subfamily Triglinae, the nominate subfamily of the family Triglidae.

Characteristics

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Lepidotrigla gurnards are characterised by having the 3 lower rays of the pectoral fin free of the fin membrane and a scaled tail, like the other Triglid gurnards. The bucklers, bony plate at the base of the dorsal fin spines and rays, have with sharp spines on their rears along the whole length of both first and seconddorsal fins. The groove behind the eyes of these fishes may be complete, running from one side of the head to the other, or there may be just a furrow behind each eye. There are large, ctenoid scales on the body, although some species have cycloid scales on the belly. There are fewer tha than 70 scales in the lateral line. There may, or may not be vomerine teeth. These relatively small grnards vary in size from the smallest, the spotwing gurnard (L. spiloptera) with a maximum published total length of 10 cm, to the scalebreast gurnard (L. cadmani) and L. microptera, both having maximum published total length of 30 cm.

Distribution

Lepidotrigla gurnards are found in the tropical and warm temperate waters of the eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, with one species L. jimjoebob being found as far east as the Line Islands in the eastern central Pacific.

Species

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Red_Gurnard,_Scorching_Bay_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_393999032.jpg" caption="Red gurnard (''[[Lepidotrigla kumu]]'')"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Spiny_Gurnard,_Blairgowrie_VIC_3942,Australia_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_30057218(cropped).jpg" caption="L. papilio]]'')"] ::

Lepidotrigla is the most speciose genus in the Triglidae{{cite journal | author = Gomon, M. F. | author2 = T. Kawai | name-list-style = and | year = 2018 | title = A review of Indonesia's Indian Ocean species of Lepidotrigla gurnards (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) with descriptions of three new species from southern coastal waters | journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology | volume = 66 | pages = 624–651 | url = https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2018/01/66rbz624-651.pdf}} and has 58 species classified within it:

References

References

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  3. (19 June 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 12): Suborder Triglioidei: Families Triglidae and Peristediidae". Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
  4. Richards W.J.. (1999). "FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)". Rome, FAO.
  5. "Gurnard Fishes (Scorpaeniformes, Triglidae) from off New Caledonia, with description of five new species.". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie.
  6. {{FishBase genus. (2022)

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