Scaly gurnard

Scaly gurnard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Lepidotrigla
Species: L. brachyoptera
Binomial name
Lepidotrigla brachyoptera
F. W. Hutton, 1872

The scaly gurnard, Lepidotrigla brachyoptera, is a searobin of the family Triglidae, found around New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands, at depths of between 35 and 300 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.

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