Tripodichthys
Sign in to saveTripodichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triacanthidae, the triplespines or tripodfishes. The three species in this genus are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean in shallow water over soft substrates.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyTriacanthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- Family
- Triacanthidae
- Collections
- CAS, AM, UMMZ, NHMUK, ZMUC, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Thailand, Australia, Republic Of Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka
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- Parent taxon
- Triacanthidae
- Image
- Tripodichthys blochii 01 - Cartimar.jpg
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Tripodichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triacanthidae, the triplespines or tripodfishes. The three species in this genus are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean in shallow water over soft substrates.
==Taxonomy== Tripoichthys was first proposed as a genus in 1968 by the American ichthyologist James C. Tyler with Triacanthus blochii designated as its type species.T. blochii had originally been described in 1852 by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with its type locality given as Singapore. Tripodichthys is classified within the family Triacanthidae and, in 1968, Tyler classified this family within the suborder Triacanthoidei alongside the Triacanthodidae. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the Triacanthoidei as suborder of the order Tetraodontiformes.
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