Aplodactylus
| Marblefishes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Aplodactylidae Bleeker, 1859 |
| Genus: | Aplodactylus Valenciennes, 1832 |
| Synonyms | |
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Crinodus | |
Aplodactylus is a genus of perciform fishes, the marblefishes, native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Peru, and Chile.[1] They are also known as sea carps.[2] This genus is the sole genus in the family Aplodactylidae.
Etymology
The genus name, meaning "simple finger" (Greek aploe + daktylos), refers to some rays of the pectoral fins having a simple form.[3] An emendation to Haplodactylus ("single finger", from Greek haploos) by Agassiz has been ruled as being unjustified.[1][4]
Species
The five currently recognized species in this genus are:[5]
- Aplodactylus arctidens J. Richardson, 1839 (marblefish)
- Aplodactylus etheridgii (J. D. Ogilby, 1889) (notchheaded marblefish)
- Aplodactylus lophodon Günther, 1859 (rock cale)
- Aplodactylus punctatus Valenciennes, 1832
- Aplodactylus westralis B. C. Russell, 1987 (western seacarp)
References
- 1 2 Barry C. Russell, Review of the southern temperate fish family Aplodactylidae J. of Nat. Hist. v.34 p.2157 (2000).
- ↑ Graham Edgar, Australian Marine Life 2nd Ed. (2012)
- ↑ Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 8 (1831). "Nous donnons à ce genre le nom d'aplodactyle, pour rappeler la forme simple de quelques-uns des rayons de la pectorale, et à l'espèce celui D'Aplodactyle ponctué. (Aplodactylus punctatus, nob.)"
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Aplodactylidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Aplodactylus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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