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Red velvetfish

Red velvetfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Scorpaenoidei
Family: Gnathanacanthidae
T. N. Gill, 1893[2]
Genus: Gnathanacanthus
Bleeker, 1855[1]
Species:
G. goetzeei
Binomial name
Gnathanacanthus goetzeei
Synonyms[3]

The red velvetfish (Gnathanacanthus goetzeei) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only species in the monotypic genus Gnathanacanthus and monogeneric family Gnathanacanthidae. This species is endemic to the inshore waters of western and southern Australia.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CofF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gnathanacanthus goetzeei". FishBase. February 2022 version.

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