Trachinocephalus myops
| Snakefish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Synodontinae |
| Genus: | Trachinocephalus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Species: | T. myops |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachinocephalus myops (J. R. Forster, 1801) | |
Trachinocephalus myops is a marine fish. It is a member of the lizardfish family commonly known as the snakefish or painted grinner and is the sole member of its genus. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL. It has pale blue and yellow wavy stripes along its body, with a few darker bars on the sides and a dark spot along the gill opening.[1] The snakefish is found worldwide in tropical and warm-temperate waters, with the exception of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2]
References
- ↑ Bray, Dianne. "Painted Grinner, Trachinocephalus myops". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Trachinocephalus myops" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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