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Family: Trichonotidae Sanddivers



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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 14.5 cm TL
Trichonotus arabicus Randall & Tarr, 1994

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Trichonotus arabicus
[Arabian sand diver]

Photo by Endo, H.

Eastern Indian Ocean to W
Max. Length 14.3 cm SL
Trichonotus blochii Castelnau, 1875

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Trichonotus blochii
[Bloch's sand diver]

Photo by Katayama, E.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11.0 cm SL
Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890)

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Trichonotus cyclograptus
[Bengal sand diver]

Photo by Hazes, B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Trichonotus elegans Shimada & Yoshino, 1984

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Trichonotus elegans
[Long-rayed sand-diver]
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Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Trichonotus filamentosus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Trichonotus halstead Clark & Pohle, 1996

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Trichonotus halstead
[Gold-bar sand-diver]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 19 cm TL
Trichonotus marleyi (Smith, 1936)

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Trichonotus marleyi
[]

Photo by Khalaf, M.A.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11.4 cm SL
Trichonotus nikii Clark & von Schmidt, 1966

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Trichonotus nikii
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Trichonotus setiger Bloch & Schneider, 1801

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Trichonotus setiger
[Spotted sand-diver]

Photo by Katayama, E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL
Trichonotus somaliensis Katayama, Motomura & Endo, 2012

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Trichonotus somaliensis
[Somalian sand diver]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Trichonotus arabicus Arabian sand diver Western Indian Ocean 14.5 TL 1994
Trichonotus blochii Bloch's sand diver Eastern Indian Ocean to W 14.3 SL 1875
Trichonotus cyclograptus Bengal sand diver Eastern Indian Ocean 11.0 SL 1890
Trichonotus elegans Long-rayed sand-diver Indo-West Pacific 18 SL 1984
Trichonotus filamentosus Western Pacific 15 SL 1867
Trichonotus halstead Gold-bar sand-diver Western Pacific 15 TL 1996
Trichonotus marleyi Western Indian Ocean 19 TL 1936
Trichonotus nikii Western Indian Ocean 11.4 SL 1966
Trichonotus setiger Spotted sand-diver Western Pacific. 22 TL 1801
Trichonotus somaliensis Somalian sand diver Western Indian Ocean 8.3 SL 2012



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