Ryukyu gurnard (Lepidotrigla ryukyuensis)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Ryukyu gurnard
- Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Lepidotrigla - Lepidotrigla
- Family: Triglidae - Gurnards
- Order: Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Indo-West Pacific: from Japan southward through the South China Sea, Indonesia, and northwestern Australia. Max length : 30 cm TL Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. This species is distinguished by having the following characters: absence of scales on the nape, prepectoral area, breast, or interpelvic area; long and strong cleithral spine (16-29 % SL), P1 12+3; a slight indication of possible hyperostosis of the first infraorbital bone and cleithral spine.