Scorpaenopsis
Scorpaenopsis | |
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Yellowfin Scorpionfish (S. neglecta) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
Genus: | Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1840 |
Type species | |
Scorpaena nesogallica G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Scorpaenopsis is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
The 28 recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]
- Scorpaenopsis altirostris C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- Scorpaenopsis barbata (Rüppell, 1838) (bearded scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis brevifrons Eschmeyer & J. E. Randall, 1975 (bigmouth scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis cacopsis O. P. Jenkins, 1901 (Jenkins' scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (Thunberg, 1793) (weedy stingfish)
- Scorpaenopsis cotticeps Fowler, 1938 (sculpin scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis crenulata Motomura & Causse, 2011 (serrated deepwater scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis diabolus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (false stonefish)
- Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2004
- Scorpaenopsis furneauxi Whitley, 1959 (Furneaux scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (humpbacked scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis gilchristi (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (Gilchrist's scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis insperatus Motomura, 2004 (Sydney scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) (whiteblotched scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis longispina J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
- Scorpaenopsis macrochir J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (flasher scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis neglecta Heckel, 1837 (yellowfin scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis obtusa J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001 (shortsnout scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis orientalis J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
- Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) (tassled scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis papuensis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Papuan scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis pluralis J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
- Scorpaenopsis possi J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
- Scorpaenopsis pusilla J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
- Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
- Scorpaenopsis rubrimarginatus R. Fricke, Durville & Mulochau, 2013[2]
- Scorpaenopsis venosa (G. Cuvier, 1829) (raggy scorpionfish)
- Scorpaenopsis vittapinna J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Scorpaenopsis in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 1 2 Fricke, R., Durville, P. & Mulochau, T. (2013): Scorpaenopsis rubrimarginatus, a new species of scorpionfish from Réunion, southwestern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Cybium, 37 (3): 207-215.
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