Taxonomy
''Lepidotrigla'' was first described as a genus in 1860 by the German-born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Günther with ''Trigla aspera'', which had been Species description, described in 1829 from the Mediterranean Sea by Georges Cuvier, as the type species. The genus is Taxonomy (biology), classified within the subfamily Triglinae, the nominate subfamily of the family Triglidae. The genus name prefixes ''Trigla'', the type genus of the Triglidae. with ''lepido'', "scaled", a reference to the larger scales on these gurnards in comparison to those on ''Trigla''.Characteristics
''Lepidotrigla'' gurnards are characterised by having the 3 lower rays of the pectoral fin free of the fin membrane and a scaled tail, like the other Triglid gurnards. The bucklers, bony plate at the base of the dorsal fin spines and rays, have with sharp spines on their rears along the whole length of both first and seconddorsal fins. The groobe behind the eyes of these fishes may be complete, running from one side of the head to the other, or there may be just a furrow behind each eye. There are large, ctenoid scales on the body, although some species have cycloid scales on the belly. There are fewer tha than 70 scales in the lateral line. There may, or may not be vomerine teeth. These relatively small grnards vary in size from the smallest, the spotwing gurnard (''L. spiloptera'') with a maximum published total length of , to the scalebreast gurnard (''L. cadmani'') and ''L. microptera'', both having maximum published total length of .Distribution
''Lepidotrigla'' gurnards are found in the tropical and warm temperate waters of the eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, with one species ''L. jimjoebob'' being found as far east as the Line Islands in the eastern central Pacific.Species
''Lepidotrigla'' is the most speciose genus in the Triglidae and has 58 species classified within it: * ''Lepidotrigla abyssalis'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Edwin Chapin Starks, Starks, 1904 * ''Lepidotrigla alata'' (Martinus Houttuyn, Houttuyn, 1782) * ''Lepidotrigla alcocki'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1908 * ''Lepidotrigla annamarae'' Lluís del Cerro, del Cerro & Domènec Lloris i Samo, Lloris, 1997 * ''Lepidotrigla argus'' James Douglas Ogilby, J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Long-finned gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla argyrosoma'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1938 * ''Lepidotrigla bentuviai'' William J. Richards, Richards & Vishnu P. Saksena, Saksena, 1977 (Twohorn gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla bispinosa'' Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1898 (Bullhorn gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla brachyoptera'' Frederick Hutton (scientist), F. W. Hutton, 1872 (Scaly gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla cadmani'' Regan, 1915 (Scalebreast gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla calodactyla'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Drab longfin gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla carolae'' Richards, 1968 (Carol's gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla cavillone'' (Bernard Germain Étienne De La Ville, Comte De Lacépède, Lacépède, 1801) (Large-scaled gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla deasoni'' Albert William Herre, Herre & Donald E. Kauffman, Kauffman, 1952 * ''Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei'' Maurice Blanc, Blanc & Jean-Claude Hureau, Hureau, 1973 (Spiny gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla eydouxii'' Henri Émile Sauvage, Sauvage, 1878 * ''Lepidotrigla faurei'' John Dow Fisher Gilchrist, Gilchrist & William Wardlaw Thompson, W. W. Thompson, 1914 (Scalybreast gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla firmisquamis'' Artem M. Prokofiev, Prokofiev & Takuji Yato, Yato, 2020 * ''Lepidotrigla grandis'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Supreme gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla guentheri'' Franz Martin Hilgendorf, Hilgendorf, 1879 * ''Lepidotrigla hime'' Kiyomatsu Matsubara, Matsubara & Yoshio Hiyama, Hiyama, 1932 * ''Lepidotrigla japonica'' (Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1854) * ''Lepidotrigla jimjoebob'' Richards, 1992 * ''Lepidotrigla kanagashira'' Toshiji Kamohara, Kamohara, 1936 * ''Lepidotrigla kishinouyi'' John Otterbein Snyder, Snyder, 1911 * ''Lepidotrigla larsoni'' del Cerro & Lloris, 1997 (Swordtip gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla lepidojugulata'' Li Sze-Chung, S. Z. Li, 1981 * ''Lepidotrigla longifaciata'' Takuji Yato, Yato, 1981 * ''Lepidotrigla longimana'' S. Z. Li, 1981 * ''Lepidotrigla longipinnis'' Alfred William Alcock, Alcock, 1890 * ''Lepidotrigla macracaina'' Martin F. Gomon, Gomon & Toshio Kawai, Kawai 2018 * ''Lepidotrigla macrobrachia'' Fowler, 1938 * ''Lepidotrigla maculapinna'' Gomon & Kawai 2018 * ''Lepidotrigla marisinensis'' (Fowler, 1938) * ''Lepidotrigla microptera'' Günther, 1873 * ''Lepidotrigla modesta'' Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Waite, 1899 (Grooved gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla mulhalli'' William John Macleay, W. J. Macleay, 1884 (Rough-snouted gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla multispinosa'' James Leonard Brierley Smith, J. L. B. Smith, 1934 (Indian Ocean spiny gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla musorstom'' del Cerro & Lloris, 1997 * ''Lepidotrigla nana'' del Cerro & Lloris, 1997 * ''Lepidotrigla oglina'' Fowler, 1938 * ''Lepidotrigla omanensis'' Regan, 1905 (Oman gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla papilio'' (Cuvier, 1829) (Australian spiny gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla pectoralis'' Fowler, 1938 * ''Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica'' John Richardson (naturalist), J. Richardson, 1845 (Eastern spiny gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla psolokerkos'' Gomon & Peter Psomadakis, Psomadakis, 2018 * ''Lepidotrigla punctipectoralis'' Fowler, 1938 (Finspot gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla robinsi'' Richards, 1997 * ''Lepidotrigla russelli'' del Cerro & Lloris, 1995 (Smooth gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla sayademalha'' Richards, 1992 * ''Lepidotrigla sereti'' del Cerro & Lloris, 1997 * ''Lepidotrigla spiloptera'' Günther, 1880 (Spotwing gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla spinosa'' Gomon, 1987 (Shortfin gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla tanydactyla'' Gomon & Kawai 2018 * ''Lepidotrigla umbrosa'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Blackspot gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla vanessa'' (J. Richardson, 1839) (Butterfly gurnard) * ''Lepidotrigla vaubani'' del Cerro & Lloris, 1997 * ''Lepidotrigla venusta'' Fowler, 1938See also
* List of prehistoric bony fishReferences
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1808801 Lepidotrigla, Triglinae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther