Vieja Thornfish

Bovichtus is a genus of fish in the family Bovichtidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Bovichtus was formally described as a genus in 1832 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with Callionymus diacanthus, which had been described by the Scottish botanist and officer in the British Army Dugald Carmichael in 1819 with the type locality given as Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, as the type species. The name of the genus, Bovichtus, is derived from bovus meaning "bull" and ichthys which means fish, based on the local name for Bovichtus species in…

Les Bovichtidae sont une famille de poissons marins de l'ordre des Perciformes, du sous-ordre des Notothenioidei. Cette famille est écrite Bovichthyidae dans Fishes of the World de J. S.

Vieja es un género de peces de agua dulce de la familia Cichlidae. La distribución geográfica del género se limita a América Central, principalmente México, Guatemala y Nicaragua. En general poseen un cuerpo ovalado y miden entre 15-35 cm (6 a 13,8 pulgadas).