Bovichtus angustifrons
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| Bovichtus angustifrons | |
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| A Dragonet (Bovichtus angustifrons) in The Arches Marine Sanctuary, Twelve Apostles, Victoria, 2013 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bovichtidae |
| Genus: | Bovichtus |
| Species: | B. angustifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Bovichtus angustifrons Regan, 1913 | |
Bovichtus angustifrons, the dragonet, horny, horny thornfish, marblefish, thornfish or variegated marblefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a temperate icefish or thornfish, belonging to the family Bovichtidae. It is endemic to southeastern Australia and Tasmania on rocky reefs in shallow waters.
Bovichtus angustifrons was first formally described in 1913 by the British ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan with the type locality given as Tasmania.[1] The specific name angustifrons is a compound of angustus which means narrow and fronsmeaning "front", "face" or "brow", a reference to the narrower space between the eyes in comparison with B. diacanthus and B. variegatus.[2]