Bellator (fish)
Bellator is a genus of sea robins native to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
| Bellator | |
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| Streamer searobin, (B. egretta) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Genus: | Bellator D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Species | |
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Species
Eight species in this genus are recognized:[1]
- Bellator brachychir (Regan, 1914) (shortfin sea robin)
- Bellator egretta (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (streamer sea robin)
- Bellator farrago Richards & McCosker, 1998
- Bellator gymnostethus (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (naked-belly sea robin)
- Bellator loxias (D. S. Jordan, 1897) (barred sea robin)
- Bellator militaris (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (horned sea robin)
- Bellator ribeiroi G. C. Miller, 1965
- Bellator xenisma D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (splitnose sea robin)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bellator in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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