Tholichthys

Tholichthys

As Tholichthys a postlarvales stage is in the ontogeny of butterfly fish (Chaetodontidae), scats (Scatophagidae) and ostracoberyx referred. The Tholichthys stage is characterized by strong bony, often silvery colored and spiked head armor. The armor can extend to the front of the body and is lost again when the young fish stage is reached.

literature

• Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . Page 378, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
• AV Suntsov: A tentative Tholichthys stage in development of Ostracoberyx and its bearing on systematics of Ostracoberycidae. Journal of Ichthyology, Volume 47, Number 7 / August 2007, doi : 10.1134 / S0032945207070041

Web links

Commons : Tholichthys  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tholichthys stage on Fishbase .org (English)