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Triacanthodidae
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The spikefishes (family Triacanthodidae) are ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. They live in deep waters; more than 50 meters (165 feet), but above the continental shelves. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the west-central Pacific.
Species
spikefishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyTriacanthodidae
擬三刺魨科是輻鰭魚綱魨形目的其中一科。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Triacanthodidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Curacao, Australia, Madagascar, Philippines, Malaysia
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Subfamiles and genera
- References
The spikefishes (family Triacanthodidae) are ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. They live in deep waters; more than 50 meters (165 feet), but above the continental shelves. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the west-central Pacific.
The spikefishes are quite variable in form, with some species having tubular snouts (greatly elongated in Halimochirurgus and Macrorhamphosodes), and others have spoon-like teeth for scraping the scales off other fishes. Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a maximum length of about .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Triacanthodidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.