Zanclorhynchidae

Zanclorhynchidae
	Zanclorhynchus spinifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Scorpaenoidei
Family:	Zanclorhynchidae; Andriashev, 1993
Genera
	Alertichthys Moreland, 1960; Zanclorhynchus Günther, 1880;
Synonyms
	Zanclorhynchinae;

Zanclorhynchidae, the horsefishes, is a family of marine scorpaenoid fish.^[1] It contains two genera formerly placed in Congiopodidae.^[2] They are native to the Southern Ocean.

Taxonomy

Family Zanclorhynchidae
- Genus Alertichthys Moreland, 1960
- Genus Zanclorhynchus Günther, 1880

References

^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
^ Voskoboinikova, Olga S.; Zhukov, Mikhail Yu. (2021-09-01). "Comparative osteology of the superfamily Congiopodoidea (Pisces: Scorpaenoidei)". Zoomorphology. 140 (3): 373–385. doi:10.1007/s00435-021-00537-1. ISSN 1432-234X.

[:13-1] Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.

[2] Voskoboinikova, Olga S.; Zhukov, Mikhail Yu. (2021-09-01). "Comparative osteology of the superfamily Congiopodoidea (Pisces: Scorpaenoidei)". Zoomorphology. 140 (3): 373–385. doi:10.1007/s00435-021-00537-1. ISSN 1432-234X.

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