''Mendosoma'' is a
genus
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of marine
ray finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
belonging to the
family
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Latridae
Latridae commonly called trumpeters, is a family of marine ray-finned fish. They are found in temperate seas in the Southern Hemisphere. The classification of the species within the Latridae and the related Cheilodactylidae is unclear.They a ...
, the trumpeters.
Taxonomy
''Mendosoma'' was first formally
described in 1848 by the French
zoologist
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Alphonse Guichenot
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.
Some authorities consider the genus ''Mendosoma'' to be
monotypic
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,
but others recognise three species within the genus:
* ''
Mendosoma caerulescens
''Mendosoma'' is a genus of marine ray finned fish belonging to the family Latridae, the trumpeters.
Taxonomy
''Mendosoma'' was first formally described in 1848 by the French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot.
Some authorities consider the genus ' ...
''
Guichenot, 1848
* ''
Mendosoma fernandezianum''
Guichenot 1848
* ''
Mendosoma lineatum
''Mendosoma lineatum'', the telescope fish, real bastard trumpeter or common trumpeter, is a species of marine ray finned fish belonging to the family Latridae, the trumpeters. It is native to the subantarctic and cooler temperate waters of the ...
''
Guichenot, 1848
Both ''M. caerulescens'' and ''M. fernandezianum'' have been considered ''
nomina dubia
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Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
'' in the past.
The generic name, ''Mendosoma'', was created by combining the word ''méndola'', a
Spanish
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name for the blotched picarel (''
Spicara maena
''Spicara maena'', the blotched picarel, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The male grows to a maximum length of about , and the female reaches . This fish is fished co ...
''), and ''soma'' meaning "body", referring to the similarity in body shape between ''M. lineatum'' and ''S. maena''.
References
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q2788054
Latridae
Ray-finned fish genera
Fish described in 1848
Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot