Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa...
Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa and Western Indian Ocean (Dinoperca) Diagnostic characters: head, body and fins covered with small ctenoid scales; opercle ends in two points; dorsal fin with 9 to 11 spines and 18 to 20 soft-rays; soft dorsal and anal fins high anteriorly; lateral line extends to end of caudal fin [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151435 on 2024-05-06
taxonomy sourceVan Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1[details] Available for editors [request]
Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa and Western Indian Ocean (Dinoperca) Diagnostic characters: head, body and fins covered with small ctenoid scales; opercle ends in two points; dorsal fin with 9 to 11 spines and 18 to 20 soft-rays; soft dorsal and anal fins high anteriorly; lateral line extends to end of caudal fin [details]