genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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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 ...
es,
weed whiting
The Odacidae are a small family of ray-finned fishes formerly classified within the order Perciformes, commonly known as cales, and weed whitings. They are related to the much larger families of the wrasses and parrotfish. More recent workers ha ...
s in the
family
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endemic
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to Southern
Australia
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n coastal waters. These fish are characterized by their extremely elongate bodies and live primarily in seagrass beds.
Siphonognathus caninis
''Siphonognathus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes, weed whitings in the family Odacidae which are endemic to Southern Australian coastal waters. These fish are characterized by their extremely elongate bodies and live primarily in seagrass bed ...
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Fishbase
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places all six of these species in the genus ''Siphonognathus'', the Catalog of Fishes places ''S. attentuatus'', ''S. beddomei'', ''S. radiatus'' and ''S. tanyourus'' in the separate genus ''Sheardichthys'' and places ''S. caninis'' on the monospecific genus ''Parodax'', leaving ''Siphonognathus'' as a monospecific genus containing only the tubemouth (''S. argyrophanes'').