Three-spine bass

Three-spine bass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Synagropidae
Genus: Caraibops
Schwarzhans & Prokofiev, 2017
Species:
C. trispinosus
Binomial name
Caraibops trispinosus
(Mochizuki and Sano, 1984)
Synonyms

Synagrops trispinosus Mochizuki & Sano, 1984

The three-spine bass (Caraibops trispinosus) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Synagropidae. It is a deep water species which is found in the western Atlantic from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Surinam.[1] This fish was first formally described in 1984 as Synagrops trispinosus but in 2017 was placed in the monotypic genus Caraibops.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Caraibops trispinosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Synagrops trispinosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.


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