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Plectrogenium
Sign in to savePlectrogenium, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, the stinger flatheads in the family Plectrogeniidae. This genus is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
ヒメキチジ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyPlectrogeniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Plectrogeniidae
- Collections
- NMV, QM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Fidji(I.), Madagascar, Vanuatu
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- Parent taxon
- Scorpaenidae
- Image
- Plectrogenium nanum.jpg
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Plectrogenium, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, the stinger flatheads in the family Plectrogeniidae. This genus is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
==Taxonomy== Plectrogenium was originally named as a monotypic genus in 1905 by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert when he described what was then considered to be its only species, Plectrogenium nanum, from Hawaii. The genus name, Plectrogenium, is a compound of plectro, which means "spur", and genys, which means "cheek"or "chin", an allusion to the lines of robust spines along the sides of the head.
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