Grammoplites
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| Grammoplites | |
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| Grammoplites scaber | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Platycephalidae |
| Genus: | Grammoplites Fowler, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Cottus scaber | |
Grammoplites is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Grammoplites was first proposed as a genus in 1904 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler's genus was originally monotypic with Cottus scaber, described in 1758 by Linnaeus, designated as its type species.[1] This genus is classified within the family Playtcephalidae, the flatheads which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies within the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes.[2] The genus name Grammoplites is a combination of gramme, meaning "line", and hoplites, which means "armed", an allusion to the scaled spines on the lateral line of G. scaber.[3]
Species
Grammoplites contains 4 recognised species:[4][5]
- Grammoplites knappi Imamura & Amaoka, 1994
- Grammoplites scaber Linnaeus, 1758 (Rough flathead)
- Grammoplites suppositus Troschel, 1840 (Spotfin flathead)
- Grammoplites vittatus Valenciennes, 1833 [6]
G. vittatus has been considered as a junior synonym of G. scaber but other authorities regard it as a valid species.[5]