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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae Searobins
Subfamily: Pterygotriglinae
Genus: Pterygotrigla

(See list of species below)


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28 species (see list below)

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Western Indian Ocean, out
Max. Length 13.9 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla amaokai
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla andertoni
[Painted latchet]

Photo by A. Biju Kumar

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 19.8 cm SL
Pterygotrigla arabica (Boulenger, 1888)

Photo by A. Biju Kumar
 
Pterygotrigla arabica
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 26.8 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla cajorarori
[Hyperostotic gurnard]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 22.1 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla draiggoch
[Dragon gurnard]
No picture found
East Indian to West Pacif
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla elicryste
[Dwarf gurnard]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 17.4 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla gomoni
[Gomon’s gurnard]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 25.1 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla guezei
[Island gurnard]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla hafizi
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific, wide dis
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Pterygotrigla hemisticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Pterygotrigla hemisticta
[Blackspotted gurnard]

Photo by MNHN

Eastern Indian Ocean to W
Max. Length 10.8 cm SL
Pterygotrigla hoplites (Fowler, 1938)

Photo by MNHN
 
Pterygotrigla hoplites
[Swordspine gurnard]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12.9 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla jacad
[Bigeye gurnard]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Pterygotrigla leptacanthus (Günther, 1880)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Pterygotrigla leptacanthus
[Black-finned gurnard]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Pterygotrigla macrolepidota
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus
[Longnose gurnard]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla megalops
[Large eye gurnard]

Photo by Cruz, M.S.

Southeastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 24.1 cm SL
Pterygotrigla multiocellata (Matsubara, 1937)

Photo by Cruz, M.S.
 
Pterygotrigla multiocellata
[Antrorse spined gurnard]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15.1 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla multipunctata
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Pterygotrigla pauli
[Yellow spotted gurnard]

Photo by Tindale, S.

South Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm SL
Pterygotrigla picta (Günther, 1880)

Photo by Tindale, S.
 
Pterygotrigla picta
[Spotted gurnard]

Photo by CSIRO

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 62 cm TL
Pterygotrigla polyommata (Richardson, 1839)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Pterygotrigla polyommata
[Latchet]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 30.7 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla robertsi
[Roberts’ gurnard]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis Matsubara & Hiyama, 1932

Photo by CSIRO
 
Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis
[Ryukyu gurnard]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 18.6 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla saumarez
[Saumarez Gurnard]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 11.0 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla soela
[Soela gurnard]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL
Pterygotrigla spirai Golani & Baranes, 1997

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Pterygotrigla spirai
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla tagala
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
 
Pterygotrigla urashimai
[]
28 Species of Family Triglidae with Genus Pterygotrigla
(Searobins)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2003 Pterygotrigla amaokai Western Indian Ocean, out 13.9 SL
1910 Pterygotrigla andertoni Painted latchet Western Pacific 38 SL
1888 Pterygotrigla arabica Western Indian Ocean 19.8 SL
2012 Pterygotrigla cajorarori Hyperostotic gurnard Western Pacific 26.8 SL
2003 Pterygotrigla draiggoch Dragon gurnard Eastern Indian Ocean 22.1 SL
2003 Pterygotrigla elicryste Dwarf gurnard East Indian to West Pacif 8.3 SL
2012 Pterygotrigla gomoni Gomon’s gurnard Eastern Indian Ocean 17.4 SL
1963 Pterygotrigla guezei Island gurnard Western Indian Ocean 25.1 SL
2003 Pterygotrigla hafizi Western Indian Ocean 8.9 SL
1843 Pterygotrigla hemisticta Blackspotted gurnard Western Pacific, wide dis 30 TL
1938 Pterygotrigla hoplites Swordspine gurnard Eastern Indian Ocean to W 10.8 SL
2014 Pterygotrigla jacad Bigeye gurnard Western Indian Ocean 12.9 SL
1880 Pterygotrigla leptacanthus Black-finned gurnard Indo-West Pacific 15 TL
1938 Pterygotrigla macrolepidota Western Pacific 15 TL
1936 Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus Longnose gurnard Indo-West Pacific 20 TL
1938 Pterygotrigla megalops Large eye gurnard Western Pacific 20 SL
1937 Pterygotrigla multiocellata Antrorse spined gurnard Southeastern Indian Ocean 24.1 SL
1983 Pterygotrigla multipunctata Northwest Pacific 15.1 SL
1982 Pterygotrigla pauli Yellow spotted gurnard Southwest Pacific
1880 Pterygotrigla picta Spotted gurnard South Pacific 38 SL
1839 Pterygotrigla polyommata Latchet Southwest Pacific 62 TL
1997 Pterygotrigla robertsi Roberts’ gurnard Western Pacific 30.7 SL
1932 Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis Ryukyu gurnard Indo-West Pacific 30 TL
2012 Pterygotrigla saumarez Saumarez Gurnard Western Pacific 18.6 SL
2003 Pterygotrigla soela Soela gurnard Southwest Pacific 11.0 SL
1997 Pterygotrigla spirai Western Indian Ocean 15.3 SL
1952 Pterygotrigla tagala Western Central Pacific 10.9 SL
2003 Pterygotrigla urashimai Western Pacific 9.4 SL



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