Latridae

Trumpeters

Telescope fish Mendosoma lineatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Latridae
Genera
Latridopsis Latris Mendosoma See text for species.

Trumpeters are a family of perciform fishes, Latridae. They are found in southern waters off Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, where they are fished commercially and for sport. They are closely related to Cheilodactylidae, and the majority of the species that traditionally are placed in the latter family may actually belong in Latridae.^[1]^[2]

Species

There are five species in three genera.

Genus Latridopsis
- Blue moki, Latridopsis ciliaris (Forster, 1801).
- Bastard trumpeter, Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872).
Genus Latris
- Latris hecateia Richardson, 1839.
- Striped trumpeter, Latris lineata (Forster, 1801).
Genus Mendosoma
- Telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum (Forster, 1801).

References

^ Burridgea and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127
^ Randall (2007). Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. ISBN 1-929054-03-3

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Latridae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.