Thornfish

Thornfish

Taxobox
name = Thornfishes


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Thornfish, "Bovichtus variegatus"
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Notothenioidei
familia = Bovichtidae
familia_authority = Gill, 1893
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Bovichtus" "Cottoperca" "Halaphritis" See text for species.

The thornfishes are a family, Bovichtidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. The family is spelled Bovichthyidae in J. S. Nelson's "Fishes of the World". They are native to coastal waters off Australia, New Zealand, and South America, and to rivers and lakes of southeast Australia and Tasmania.

Phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters has revealed that the family Bovichtidae is not a monophyletic group. [Balushkin, A. V. (1992) "Classification, phylogenetic relationships, and origins of the families of the suborder Notothenioidei (Perciformes)" "Journal of Ichthyology" 32: pp. 90–110] [Lecointre, G. "et al." (1997) "Molecular phylogeny of the Antarctic fishes: paraphyly of the Bovichitidae and no indication for the monophyly of the Notothenioidei (Teleostei)" "Polar Biology" 18: pp. 193–208]

Genera

There are ten species in three genera. In addition, the genus "Pseudaphritis" (Castelnau, 1872) has sometimes been included in this family. [Last, P. R.; Balushkin, A. V. and Hutchins, J. B. (May 2002) "Halaphritis platycephala" (Notothenioidei: Bovichtidae): A New Genus and Species of Temperate Icefish from Southeastern Australia" "Copeia" 2002(2): pp. 433-440, p. 433]

* Genus "Bovichtus" Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832
** "Bovichtus angustifrons" (Regan, 1913).
** "Bovichtus argentinus" (MacDonagh, 1931).
** "Bovichtus chilensis" (Regan, 1913).
** "Bovichtus diacanthus" (Carmichael, 1819).
** "Bovichtus oculus" Hardy, 1989.
** "Bovichtus psychrolutes" (Günther, 1860).
** "Bovichtus variegatus" thornfish Richardson, 1846.
** "Bovichtus veneris" (Sauvage, 1879).
* Genus "Cottoperca" Steindachner, 1876
** "Cottoperca gobio" (Günther, 1861) (synonym of "Cottoperca trigliodes" Forster, 1801 ) Cite web|url=http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp|title=Catalog of Fishes|accessdate=2008-06-17|publisher=California Academy of Sciences - Ichthyology|year=2008]
* Genus "Halaphritis" Last, Balushkin and Hutchins, 2002
** "Halaphritis platycephala" Last, Balushkin & Hutchins, 2002.

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