Spinyfin
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 Silver Spinyfin, Diretmus argenteus, from plate 45 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
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Spinyfins are a family, Diretmidae, of beryciform fishes. The name is from Greek, di meaning "two" and eretmos meaning "oar".
There are four species in three genera:
- Genus Diretmus
- Silver spinyfin, Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1864
- Genus Diretmichthys
- Parin's spinyfin, Diretmichthys parini (Post & Quéro, 1981)
- Genus Diretmoides
- Longwing spinyfin, Diretmoides pauciradiatus (Woods, 1973)
- Diretmoides veriginae Kotlyar, 1987
[edit] References
- "Diretmidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
