Family Triacanthidae - Triplespines
  Order
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 4 | Species : 7 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
middle   Tertiary     Oligocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
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Benthic, in shallow waters. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Deeply forked caudal fin. Rays in dorsal fin 20-26. Anal fin with 13-22 rays. About 28 cm maximum length.
  Etymology
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Greek, tri = three + Greek, akantha = thorn ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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  Typical activity level
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normal
  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Euacanthomorphacea | Percomorphaceae | Percomorpharia | Tetraodontiformes | Triacanthoidei | Triacanthidae

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[ e.g. 9948]
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Species/Synonymy list for the family Triacanthidae as currently in FishBase

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Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to synchronization with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

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This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
! Triacanthus biaculaetus (Bloch, 1786)
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Triacanthus brevirostris Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
synonymjuniororiginal2
Triacanthus nieuhofii Bleeker, 1852
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Triacanthus nieuhofi Bleeker, 1852
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
! Triacanthus striglifer Cantor, 1849
synonymseniororiginal
Trixiphichthys weberi (Chaudhuri, 1910)
acceptedseniornew
Triacanthus weberi Chaudhuri, 1910
synonymseniororiginal2
Tripodichthys blochii (Bleeker, 1852)
acceptedseniornew
Triacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1852
synonymseniororiginal2
! Triacanthus blochi Bleeker, 1852
synonymjuniororiginal
! Tripodichthys blochi (Bleeker, 1852)
synonymseniornew
Triacanthus biaculeatus (non Bloch, 1786)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
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