Biology:Scorpis

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of fishes

Scorpis
Scorpis violacea (Blue maomao).jpg
Matūnė (S. violacea)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Kyphosidae
Subfamily: Scorpidinae
Genus: Scorpis
Valenciennes, 1832
Type species
Scorpis georgianus
Valenciennes, 1832[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Agenor Castelnau, 1879
  • Juvenella Whitley, 1948
  • Neptotichthys F. W. Hutton, 1890

Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Scorpis aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep)
  • Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848
  • Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep)
  • Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep)
  • Scorpis violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2199412 entry