Piper gurnard
| Piper gurnard | |
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| An illustration of Trigla lyra from an 1885 German book. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes[1] |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Genus: | Trigla Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species: | T. lyra |
| Binomial name | |
| Trigla lyra Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) is a fish species from the monotypic genus Trigla, family Triglidae.
Its range covers the Eastern Atlantic from north of the British Isles and North Sea to Walvis Bay, Namibia, including Madeira and the Mediterranean Sea. The species is absent in the Black Sea.
See also
- List of prehistoric bony fish
- List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trigla lyra. |
References
- ↑ "Scorpaeniformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 15, 2012.