Chilean 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.

Bovichtus chilensis es una especie de pez perciforme de la familia Bovichthyidae que habita en las aguas costeras del centro de Chile, en las islas del archipiélago Juan Fernández​ y en Puerto Paraíso⁣⁣, en la península Antártica. Es conocido como torito, mientras que los nombres pez toro y cachudito se asocian principalmente a las especies Lactoria cornuta e Hypsoblennius sordidus, respectivamente. Descripción Su cuerpo es alargado y espinoso,​ sin escamas, y una cabeza triangular.