Ghost flathead

Ghost flathead

Taxobox
name = Hoplichthyidae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Armoured flathead, "Hoplichthys haswelli" Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Hoplichthyidae
genus = "Hoplichthys"
genus_authority = Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Hoplichthyidae is a family of scorpaeniform fishes native to the Indo-Pacific Oceans, commonly known as ghost flatheads. There is a single genus, "Hoplichthys".

They are elongate fishes with very broad and strongly depressed heads, bearing spines and ridges. They are scaleless. The lateral line contains spiny scutes. The pectoral fin has three or four lower rays free. The pelvic fins are widely set apart. They are benthic from about 10 to 1,500 m, with a maximum length of 43 cm.

pecies

* "Hoplichthys acanthopleurus" Regan, 1908
* "Hoplichthys citrinus" Gilbert, 1905
* "Hoplichthys fasciatus" Matsubara, 1937
* "Hoplichthys filamentosus" Matsubara & Ochiai, 1950
* "Hoplichthys gilberti" Jordan & Richardson, 1908
* Armoured flathead, "Hoplichthys haswelli" McCulloch, 1907
* "Hoplichthys langsdorfii" Cuvier, 1829
* "Hoplichthys ogilbyi" McCulloch, 1914
* "Hoplichthys pectoralis" (Fowler, 1943)
* "Hoplichthys platophrys" Gilbert, 1905
* Ghost flathead, "Hoplichthys regani" Jordan, 1908

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