Description
Family Tetrarogidae
Distribution: Indo-west Pacific . Body compressed ; head usually with ridges and spines; usually two divergent opercular spines; gill membrane free from isthmus. These fishes are extremely venemous. Mainly marine , but Notesthes robusta of coastal eastern Australia is primarily a freshwater fish. Bottom-dwelling predators of crustaceans and fishes.The family Tetrarogidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Scorpaeniformes. It contains 11 genera and 35 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is gymnotiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Etymology of this family name : Tetrarogidae: Greek, tetra = four + Greek, rogos = wrinkled
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,824 meters (0 to 5,984 feet).Mean = 867.900 meters (2,847.441 feet), Standard Deviation = 570.140 based on 59 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
()
-
- Family:
Tetrarogidae
()
- Waspfishes
- Genus:
Centropogon
()
- Trattinick, 1814, nom. cons.
- Specific name:
cordifolius
- Scientific name: - Centropogon cordifolius
- Specific name:
cordifolius
- Genus:
Centropogon
(
- Family:
Tetrarogidae
(
- Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Publishing author : Benth. Publication : Pl. Hartw. 77. An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Centropogon
There are approximately 21 species in this genus:
C. affinis · C. alectrolophos · C. aquilinis · C. australis (Eastern Fortesque) · C. bangii · C. cordifolius · C. cuatrecasanus · C. echinatus · C. gallerensis · C. grandidentalus · C. hartwegii · C. herzogii · C. indicus · C. latifrons (Western Fortesque) · C. macrophyllis · C. marmoratus (Marbled Fortesque) · C. nitens · C. robustus · C. ventanensis · C. × lucyanus · C. yungasensis
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3448675
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15319349
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1060339
