Chelidonichthys
| Smallscaled gurnards Temporal range:
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| Spiny red gurnard, (C. spinosus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Subfamily: | Triglinae |
| Genus: | Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Trigla hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Chelidonichthys, the smallscaled gurnards, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. These gurnards are found in the Eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.