Spinacanthus imperiale Massalongo 1857 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Protobalistidae

Alternative combination: Ostracion imperialis

Belongs to Spinacanthus according to Winterbottom 1974

See also Bannikov 2014 and Carnevale et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Spinacanthus blennioides, Spinacanthus cuneiformis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spinacanthus imperiale in the database

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