''Trichonotus'' is a genus of marine
gobiiform fishes. Species of ''Trichonotus'' are distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
This genus is the only member of the family Trichonotidae.
Description
''Trichonotus'' species have jutting lower jaws, five
soft ray
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s, and single pelvic spines. In males, the anterior rays on their
dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom. Many species of animals possessing dorsal fins are not particularly closely related to each other, though through c ...
s may be extended. Their
lateral lines run along the middle flank. On the back end of the lateral line scales is a deep, V-shaped notch. The type species is ''
Trichonotus setiger''.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Trichonotus arabicus''
J. E. Randall & A. B. Tarr, 1994 (Arabian sand-diver)
* ''
Trichonotus blochii''
Castelnau, 1875 (Bloch's sand-diver)
[Katayama, E. & Endo, H. (2010): Redescription of a Sanddiver, ''Trichonotus blochii'' (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Trichonotidae), with Confirmation of Its Validity. ''Species Diversity, 15 (1): 1-10.'']
* ''
Trichonotus cyclograptus''
Alcock, 1890 (Bengal sand-diver)
* ''
Trichonotus elegans''
Shimada & Yoshino Yoshino may refer to:
* Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree
* Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Places
* Yoshino, Nara, a town ...
, 1984 (Long-rayed sand-diver)
* ''
Trichonotus filamentosus''
Steindachner, 1867
* ''
Trichonotus halstead''
E. Clark & Pohle, 1996 (Gold-bar sand-diver)
* ''
Trichonotus marleyi''
J. L. B. Smith, 1936
* ''
Trichonotus nikii''
E. Clark & K. von Schmidt, 1966
* ''
Trichonotus setiger''
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Spotted sand-diver)
* ''
Trichonotus somaliensis''
Katayama, Motomura & Endo, 2012 (Somalian sand-diver)
[Katayama, E., Motomura, H. & Endo, H. (2012): A new species of ''Trichonotus'' (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of ''Trichonotus cyclograptus'' (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype. ''Zootaxa, 3565: 31-43.'']
References
Gobiiformes
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch
Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
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