The
Bonnetmouths (
Inermiidae) are a very small family of fishes in the order
PerciformesThe Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is the largest order of vertebrates containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the ray-finned fish and comprise over 7000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
with only two known species in two genera, the bonnetmouth and the boga.
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The
Bonnetmouths (
Inermiidae) are a very small family of fishes in the order
PerciformesThe Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is the largest order of vertebrates containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the ray-finned fish and comprise over 7000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
with only two known species in two genera, the bonnetmouth and the boga.
Species
- Genus Emmelichthyops
- Bonnetmouth, Emmelichthyops atlanticus
The Bonnetmouth, Emmelichthyops atlanticus, is a ocean-going species of fish in the Bonnetmouth family, or Inermiidae. It is also known as the Bogita and the Slender bonnetmouth in the Bahamas and the John moriggle in Jamaica...
Schultz, 1945.
- Genus Inermia
- Boga, Inermia vittata Poey
Felipe Poey y Aloy was a Cuban zoologist.-Biography:Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823...
, 1860.