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Triacanthus
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Triacanthus

Triacanthus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triacanthidae, the triplespines or tripodfishes. The two species in this genus are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Shortnose Tripodfish

speciesTriacanthus biaculeatus

Silver Tripodfish

speciesTriacanthus nieuhofii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92606.