Glyptauchen
Sign in to savethumb|upright=2|Goblinfish Glyptauchen panduratus (Richardson 1850), from lateral and head from dorsal
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyTetrarogidae
Habitatmarine
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thumb|upright=2|Goblinfish Glyptauchen panduratus (Richardson 1850), from lateral and head from dorsal
Glyptauchen is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae, the waspfishes. The only species in the genus is the goblinfish (Glyptauchen panduratus), also known as the saddlehead or saddlehead goblinfish which is endemic to the southern coasts of Australia. The goblinfish has venomous spines in its fins.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glyptauchen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.