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Spiny Gurnard

Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei

Classification

Family
Triglidae

The Eastern spiny gurnard (Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica) is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy The Eastern spiny gurnard was first formally described as Trigla pleuracanthica in 1845 by the Scottish naval surgeon, arctic explorer and naturalist John Richardson with the type locality given as Sydney.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 115France · 5