Trichodontidae
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The Trichodontidae, or sandfishes are a small perciform
family of fishes that occur in the North Pacific. The family consists of two monotypic genera:
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
family of fishes that occur in the North Pacific. The family consists of two monotypic genera:
- Arctoscopus Jordan and Evermann, 1896
- Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881) (Japanese Sandfish)
- Trichodon Tilesius, 1813
- Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius, 1813) (Pacific Sandfish)