Thysanophrys

Thysanophrys

Longsnout Flathead (T. chiltonae)

Tasselsnout Flathead (T. cirronasa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Platycephalidae
Genus:	Thysanophrys J. D. Ogilby, 1898

Thysanophrys is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:^[1]^[2]

Thysanophrys armata (Fowler, 1938)
Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855) (Celebes flathead)
Thysanophrys chiltonae L. P. Schultz, 1966 (Longsnout flathead)
Thysanophrys cirronasa (J. Richardson, 1848) (Tasselsnout flathead)
Thysanophrys longirostris (K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 1987)
Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 1999 (Smallknob flathead)
Thysanophrys randalli L. W. Knapp, 2013^[2]
Thysanophrys rarita L. W. Knapp, 2013^[2]
Thysanophrys springeri L. W. Knapp, 2013^[2]
Thysanophrys tricaudata L. W. Knapp, 2013^[2]

References

↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Thysanophrys in FishBase. December 2012 version.
1 2 3 4 5 Knapp, L. W. (2013): Descriptions of four new species of Thysanophrys (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3608 (2): 127–136.

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