Kelpfish

A kelpfish is a member of the genus Chironemus of perciform fishes in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.[1]

Kelpfishes
Large kelpfish (C. marmoratus)
Scientific classification
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Chironemidae

T. N. Gill, 1862
Genus:
Chironemus

G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Chironemus georgianus
G. Cuvier, 1829

Etymology

The name of the genus is from Greek cheir meaning "hands" and nema meaning "thread".

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Chironemus bicornis (Steindachner, 1898)
  • Chironemus delfini (Porter, 1914)
  • Chironemus georgianus G. Cuvier, 1829 (tasselled kelpfish)
  • Chironemus maculosus (J. Richardson, 1850) (silver spot)
  • Chironemus marmoratus Günther, 1860 (large kelpfish)
  • Chironemus microlepis Waite, 1916 (smallscale kelpfish)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Chironemidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chironemus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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