Spikefishes - Family: Triacanthodidae
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Boomer Spikefish - Bathyphylax bombifrons
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Common Trumpetsnout - Macrorhamphosodes uradoi
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Sawspine Spikefish - Paratriacanthodes retrospinis
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Short-snout Spikefish - Triacanthodes ethiops
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
> Suborder: Triacanthodoidei (Tripodfishes and Spikefishes)
> Family: Triacanthodidae (Deep-water spikefishes)
> Genus: Bathyphylax
> Species: B. bombifrons - Boomer Spikefish
> Genus: Macrorhamphosodes (Trumpetsnouts)
> Species: M. uradoi - Common Trumpetsnout
> Genus: Paratriacanthodes
> Species: P. retrospinis - Sawspine Spikefish
> Genus: Triacanthodes
> Species: T. ethiops - Short-snout Spikefish
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