Triglidae

Triglidae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent,
Spiny red gurnard
(Chelidonichthys spinosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Scorpaenoidei
Family: Triglidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Subfamilies

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Triglidae, commonly known as gurnards or sea robins, are a family of bottom-feeding scorpaenoid ray-finned fish. The gurnards are distributed in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.

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