Sala y Gomez deep-water boarfish
Antigonia aurorosea
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Caproidae
Antigonia is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antigoniidae, the deepwater boarfishes, of which it is the only extant genus. This genus is found in the warmer oceans around the world. Taxonomy Antigonia was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1843 by the English zoologist Richard Thomas Lowe when he described Antigonia capros as a new species.
Les Caproidae sont une famille de poissons abyssaux de l'ordre des Acanthuriformes et dont les espèces sont communément appelées Poissons-sangliers.
Los verracos u ochavos son la familia Caproidae de peces marinos, la única del suborden Caproidei del orden Perciformes. Su nombre procede del latín caper, que significa cabra. Aparecen por primera vez en el registro fósil en el Oligoceno medio, durante el Terciario medio.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionAntigonia (fish), Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
Boarfish
Capros aper
CaproidaeDeepbody Boarfish
Antigonia capros
CaproidaeShortspine Boarfish
Antigonia combatia
CaproidaeBOLD:ACE7366
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CaproidaeEastern Wirrah
Acanthistius ocellatus
SerranidaePeruvian Seabass
Acanthistius pictus
SerranidaeWhitebar Surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucopareius
AcanthuridaeConvict Surgeonfish
Acanthurus triostegus
Acanthuridae