Grammatonotus

Grammatonotus
Grammatonotus surugaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callanthiidae
Genus: Grammatonotus
C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Type species
Grammatonotus laysanus
C. H. Gilbert, 1905

Grammatonotus is a genus of fish in the family Callanthiidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. These fish are ovoid to elongated in shape, with short, rounded snouts. The anterior nostril is tubular. They have large teeth with one to two canine teeth on each side. The scales are large.[1]

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Katayama, M., et al. (1982). A review of the serratiid fish genus Grammatonotus, with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 28(4) 368-74
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Grammatonotus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  3. 1 2 Anderson, W.D.Jr., Greene, B.D. & Rocha, L.A. (2016): Grammatonotus brianne, a new callanthiid fish from Philippine waters, with short accounts of two other Grammatonotus from the Coral Triangle. Zootaxa, 4173 (3): 289–295.


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