Axoclinus
Sign in to saveAxoclinus is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. This genus has six described species. It is restricted to the eastern tropical Pacific.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Axoclinus, and connects out to Tripterygiidae, Axoclinus cocoensis and Axoclinus lucillae.
It is catalogued under topics including Axoclinus and Tripterygiidae.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyTripterygiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Tripterygiidae
- Collections
- SIO, LACM, CAS, UMMZ, CSULB
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama
Wikidata facts
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- Axoclinus storeyae 322568796.jpg
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- taxon name
- Axoclinus
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Axoclinus is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. This genus has six described species. It is restricted to the eastern tropical Pacific.
The genus is characterised by having ctenoid scales, a lateral line which shows pored scales towards the head and notched scales towards the tail, the pelvic fins have two separated rays and the anal fin also has two spines and the possession of vomerine teeth but no palatine teeth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Axoclinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.