Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae Searobins
Subfamily: Triglinae
Genus: Chelidonichthys

(See list of species below)

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10 species (see list below)

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Photo by Le Noury, P.

Chelidonichthys capensis
[Cape gurnard]

Photo by Østergaard, T.

Chelidonichthys cuculus
[Red gurnard]

Photo by FAO

Chelidonichthys gabonensis
[Gabon gurnard]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Chelidonichthys ischyrus
[]

Photo by Dijkstra, K.

Chelidonichthys kumu
[Bluefin gurnard]

Photo by Hernández-González, C.L.

Chelidonichthys lastoviza
[Streaked gurnard]

Photo by Pillon, R.

Chelidonichthys lucerna
[Tub gurnard]

Photo by Hernández-González, C.L.

Chelidonichthys obscurus
[Longfin gurnard]

Photo by Le Noury, P.

Chelidonichthys queketti
[Lesser gurnard]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Chelidonichthys spinosus
[Spiny red gurnard]

10 Species of Family Triglidae with Genus Chelidonichthys
(Searobins)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1829	Chelidonichthys capensis	Cape gurnard	Southeast Atlantic and We	75 TL
1758	Chelidonichthys cuculus	Red gurnard	Eastern Atlantic	50 TL
1955	Chelidonichthys gabonensis	Gabon gurnard	Eastern Central Atlantic	32 TL
1914	Chelidonichthys ischyrus		Northwest Pacific	15 TL
1829	Chelidonichthys kumu	Bluefin gurnard	Indo-West Pacific	60 TL
1788	Chelidonichthys lastoviza	Streaked gurnard	Eastern Atlantic	40 TL
1758	Chelidonichthys lucerna	Tub gurnard	Eastern Atlantic	75.1 TL
1792	Chelidonichthys obscurus	Longfin gurnard	Eastern Atlantic	34 TL
1904	Chelidonichthys queketti	Lesser gurnard	Western Indian Ocean	35 TL
1844	Chelidonichthys spinosus	Spiny red gurnard	Northwest Pacific	40 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: ScorpaeniformesFamily: Triglidae SearobinsSubfamily: TriglinaeGenus: Chelidonichthys(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae Searobins
Subfamily: Triglinae
Genus: Chelidonichthys

(See list of species below)