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Alcock's Spikefish

Halimochirurgus alcocki

Halimochirurgus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Halimochirurgus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1899 by the British physician, naturalist, and carcinologist Alfred William Alcock with Halimochirurgus centriscoides designated as its type species, and its only species.

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1