Family Hoplichthyidae - Ghost flatheads
  Order
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Hoplichthyidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 1 | Species : 14 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Elongate fishes with very broad and strongly depressed head, bearing spines and ridges. Scaleless. Lateral row of spiny scutes. Pectoral fin with 3 or 4 lower rays free. Pelvic fins widely set apart. Spine on pelvic fins 1; soft rays 5. Anal fin without spines. Total vertebrae 26 (8 + 18). Benthic from about 10-1,500 m. Maximum length 43 cm.
  Etymology
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Latin, hoplites = long shield + Greek, ichthys = fish ( Ref. 45335).
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Platycephaloidei | | Hoplichthyidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
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[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Hoplichthyidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
! Oplichthys langsdorfii Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Hoplichthys citrinus Gilbert, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys haswelli McCulloch, 1907
acceptedseniororiginal
Rhinhoplichthys haswelli (McCulloch, 1907)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys langsdorfi (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Hoplichthys gilberti Jordan & Richardson, 1908
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys regani Jordan, 1908
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys ogilbyi McCulloch, 1914
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys fasciatus Matsubara, 1937
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys prosemion (Fowler, 1938)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Hoplichthys pectoralis (Fowler, 1943)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Hoplichthys filamentosus Matsubara & Ochiai, 1950
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys imamurai Nagano, McGrouther & Yabe, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplichthys mcgroutheri Nagano, Imamura & Yabe, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
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