Jump to content

Guinea flathead: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
mNo edit summary
Added Category
Line 26: Line 26:
[[Category:Fish of Africa]]
[[Category:Fish of Africa]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1905]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1905]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin]]



{{Scorpaeniformes-stub}}
{{Scorpaeniformes-stub}}

Revision as of 16:37, 18 July 2022

Guinea flathead
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Genus: Solitas
Imamura, 1996
Species:
S. gruveli
Binomial name
Solitas gruveli
(Pellegrin, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platycephalus gruveli Pellegrin, 1905
  • Grammoplites gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905)
  • Thysanophrys gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905)

The Guinea flathead (Solitas gruveli) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean along the African coast. It occurs in relatively shallow waters at depths of from 20 to 200 metres (66 to 656 ft) and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of the genus Solitas.

References

  1. ^ Russell, B.; Poss, S.; Nunoo, F. & Bannerman, P. (2015). "Solitas gruveli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15622732A15623417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15622732A15623417.en. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Solitas gruveli" in FishBase. February 2022 version.