Centracanthidae
| Centracanthidae | |
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| Blotched picarel (Spicara maena) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centracanthidae T. N. Gill, 1893 |
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Maenidae | |
The Centracanthidae are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes, known as picarels. They are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean. The anal fin has three sharp spines, hence the name, from Greek κεντρόν, kentron meaning "sharp point" and ακάνθα, akantha meaning "thorn". Despite the similarity of the English or common name, it is unrelated to the pickerel or northern pike.
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References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Centracanthidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2011-05-19.