Velvetfish
Undefined Samtfisch
The Samtfische ( Aploactinidae ) live on the coasts of the tropical Indo-Pacific, most of the species in Indonesian and Australian waters. The name derives from the converted, tiny scales that give the fish a velvet-like appearance, but some species are scaleless.
Features
Her head is armored with spine-like outgrowths. All fin rays are undivided. The dorsal fin (not for Adventor and Peristrominous ) begins in most species directly above the eye. The first three to five spines of the dorsal fin are not typically associated with the following by fin membrane. In four species, the first three to four spines form a separate dorsal fin. The spines of the anal fin are not pronounced or absent. The pelvic fins have one hard and only two to three soft rays.
The animals are still poorly understood.
Genera
It GBT 17 genera and about 45 species:
- Genus Acanthosphex Fowler, 1938 Acanthosphex leurynnis
- Adventor elongatus
- Aploactis aspera
- Aploactisoma milesii
- Bathyaploactis curtisensis
- Bathyaploactis ornatissima
- Cocotropus altipinnis
- Cocotropus astakhovi
- Cocotropus dermacanthus
- Cocotropus echinatus
- Cocotropus eksae
- Cocotropus izuensis
- Cocotropus keramaensis
- Cocotropus larvatus
- Cocotropus masudai
- Cocotropus microps
- Cocotropus Monacanthus
- Cocotropus possi
- Cocotropus richeri
- Cocotropus roseomaculatus
- Cocotropus roseus
- Cocotropus steinitzi
- Erisphex aniarus
- Erisphex philippinus
- Erisphex pottii
- Erisphex simplex
- Kanekonia florida
- Kanekonia leichhardti Johnson, 2013
- Kanekonia pelta
- Kanekonia queenslandica
- Matsubarichthys inusitatus
- Neoaploactis tridorsalis
- Paraploactis hongkongiensis
- Paraploactis intonsa
- Paraploactis kagoshimensis
- Paraploactis obbesi
- Paraploactis pulvinus
- Paraploactis taprobanensis
- Paraploactis Trachyderma
- Peristrominous dolosus
- Prosoproctus pataecus
- Pseudopataecus taenianotus
- Ptarmus gallus
- Ptarmus jubatus
- Sthenopus mollis
- Xenaploactis anopta
- Xenaploactis asperrima
- Xenaploactis Cautes