Prionotus
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Prionotus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, one of two genera belonging to the subfamily Prionotinae, the searobins. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean, in the waters off both North and South America.
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Prionotus | |
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Spiny searobin (P. alatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Triglidae |
Subfamily: | Prionotinae |
Genus: | Prionotus Lacépède, 1801 |
Type species | |
Trigla evolans | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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