Hypsagoninae
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Agonomalus proboscidalis |
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| Gill , 1861 |
The Hypsagoninae are a subfamily of marine fish from the family of armored lizards (Agonidae). The seven species of the Hypsagoninae occur in the North Pacific.
features
The species of the Hypsagoninae are 9 to 42 cm long and have a relatively high-backed, laterally flattened body, which is covered with differently sized bone plates of different shapes. The mouth is terminal, both jaws are the same length. The upper edge of the orbit is convex. The rostral bone at the tip of the snout is not enlarged. In the first dorsal fin, the fin rays are formed as strong spines. In the caudal fin skeleton there are two epuralia, elongated, free-standing bones.
Genera and species
The subfamily includes three genera and seven species:
- Genus Agonomalus
- Agonomalus jordani Jordan & Starks, 1904
- Agonomalus mozinoi Wilimovsky & Wilson, 1979
- Agonomalus proboscidalis Valenciennes, 1858
- Genus Hypsagonus
- Hypsagonus corniger Taranetz, 1933
- Hypsagonus quadricornis Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Percis
- Percis japonica Pallas, 1769
- Percis matsuii Matsubara, 1936
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
- Boris A. Sheiko, Catherine W. Mecklenburg: Family Agonidae Swainson 1839. California Academy of Sciences, Annotated Checklists of Fishes, Number 30, 2004, ISSN 1545-150X
Web links
- Hypsagoninae on Fishbase.org (English)