Biology:Stereolepis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Stereolepis | |
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| Stereolepis gigas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Polyprionidae |
| Genus: | Stereolepis Ayres, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Stereolepis gigas Ayres, 1859[1]
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| Synonyms<CofF/> | |
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Megaperca Hilgendorf, 1878 | |
Stereolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfish, which is native to the Pacific Ocean.
Species
The following two species are classified in the genus Stereolepis:[2]
- Stereolepis doederleini Lindberg & Krasyukova, 1969 (Striped jewfish)
- Stereolepis gigas Ayres, 1859 (Giant sea bass)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Polyprionidae.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Stereolepis in FishBase. December 2020 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2497102 entry
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