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Nicholsina
Genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicholsina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfishes from the family Scaridae. They are found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958) who was curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]
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Nicholsina | |
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Nicholsina usta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Scaridae |
Genus: | Nicholsina Fowler, 1915[1] |
Type species | |
Cryptotomus beryllinus (as a synonym of Nicholsina usta) |
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