Scaly gurnard
Scaly gurnard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Triglidae |
Genus: | Lepidotrigla |
Species: | L. brachyoptera |
Binomial name | |
Lepidotrigla brachyoptera F. W. Hutton, 1872 | |
The scaly gurnard, Lepidotrigla brachyoptera, is a searobin of the family Triglidae, found around New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands, at depths of between 35 and 300 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lepidotrigla brachyoptera" 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
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