''Acanthaphritis'' is a genus of
bony fish
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which are part of the
subfamily Hemerocoetinae
Hemerocoetinae is a subfamily of percomorph bony fishes, they are part of the duckbill family Percophidae.
Genera
The following genera are included within the Hemerocoetinae:
* '' Acanthaphritis'' Günther, 1880
* '' Dactylopsaron'' Parin, 199 ...
of the duckbill
family
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Percophidae
The Percophidae, duckbills, are a family of percomorph fishes, from the order Trachiniformes, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific.
They are small fishes: the ...
. They have an
Indo-Pacific
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distribution.
Species
There are four recognised species in ''Acanthaphritis'':
* ''
Acanthaphritis barbata''
(Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
* ''
Acanthaphritis grandisquamis''
Günther, 1880
* ''
Acanthaphritis ozawai''
(McKay, 1971)
* ''
Acanthaphritis unoorum''
Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996
References
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Percophidae