Hapalogenys
Sign in to saveHapalogenys, the barbeled grunters or velveltchins, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only genus in the monotypic family Hapalogenyidae, also spelled Hapalogeniidae. The species of this genus are found in depths between in coastal areas and river mouths from the shores of southern Japan to the Bay of Bengal and Northwestern Australia.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyHapalogenyidae
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Hapalogenys, the barbeled grunters or velveltchins, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only genus in the monotypic family Hapalogenyidae, also spelled Hapalogeniidae. The species of this genus are found in depths between in coastal areas and river mouths from the shores of southern Japan to the Bay of Bengal and Northwestern Australia.
==Etymology== Hapalogenys is a compound of hapalos meaning "soft" and genys meaning "chin", Richardson stating that this referred to "velvety softness of the chin and lower lip, which is made more conspicuous by contrast with the rigidly rough scales that cover the rest of the head".