Biology:Sebastolobini

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Short description: Tribe of fishes

Sebastolobini
Longspine thornyhead rockfish.jpg
Longspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus altivelis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Sebastinae
Tribe: Sebastolobini
Matsubara, 1943

Sebastolobini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae of the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes. Many species have the common name thornyhead.

Taxonomy

Sebastolobini was first formally recognised as a grouping in 1943 by the Japanese ichthyologist Kiyomatsu Matsubara.[1] Authorities who treat the clade referred to as Sebastinae as a family treat the Sebastolobini as a subfamily and call this grouping Sebastolobinae.[2]

Genera

Sebastini contains three genera with 11 species, most in Trachyscorpia.[3][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21217312 entry