Perryena leucometopon
| Perryena leucometopon | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Perryenidae Honma, Imamura & Kawai, 2013 |
| Genus: | Perryena Whitley, 1940 |
| Species: | P. leucometopon |
| Binomial name | |
| Perryena leucometopon (Waite, 1922) | |
Perryena leucometopon, the Whitenose pigfish, is a scorpaeniform fish endemic to the Pacific Ocean around Australia where it is found on coral reefs. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus and in 2013 was split from the family Congiopodidae into its own family.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Perryena leucometopon" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ Honma, Y., Imamura, H. & Kawai, T. (2013): Anatomical description of the genus Perryena, and proposal to erect a new family for it based on its phylogenetic relationships with related taxa (Scorpaeniformes). Ichthyological Research, DOI 10-1007/s10228-012-0321-z
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