Choridactylus

Choridactylus
Orangebanded stingfish (C. multibarbus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Synanceiidae
Genus:Choridactylus
J. Richardson, 1848

Choridactylus is a genus of stonefishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Choridactylus lineatus Poss & Mee, 1995 (Lined stingfish)
  • Choridactylus multibarbus J. Richardson, 1848 (Orangebanded stingfish)
  • Choridactylus natalensis (Gilchrist, 1902) (Threestick stingfish)
  • Choridactylus striatus Mandritsa, 1993

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Choridactylus in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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