Lalmohania velutina

Lalmohania velutina
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Lalmohania
Hutchins, 1994
Species: L. velutina
Binomial name
Lalmohania velutina
Hutchins, 1994

Lalmohania velutina is a species of filefish known only from the Gulf of Mannar in India. This species grows to a length of 7.2 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.


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