Biology:Scorpidinae
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| The blue maomao, Scorpis violacea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Scorpidinae Günther, 1860[1] |
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The Scorpidinae, commonly known as halfmoons, knifefishes, and sweeps, are a subfamily of the family Kyphosidae, the sea chubs, a family of marine fish in the order Perciformes.[2] The Scorpidinae are distributed throughout the Pacific and east Indian Oceans, with species occurring in the waters of North America, South America, Asia, Australia , and numerous islands. Most inhabit the continental shelf in shallow rock and kelp reefs and deeper offshore reefs, whilst others are found well offshore in a pelagic setting. Most of the Scorpidinae are carnivorous, taking a variety of small crustaceans, although some are partly herbivorous. A number of the larger species are fished commercially and recreationally, and are considered good table fish.
Classification
Fishbase lists 12 species in 5 genera under the subfamily Scorpidinae, the genera are set out below[3]
- Bathystethus Gill, 1893
- Labracoglossa Peters, 1866
- Medialuna Jordan & Fesler, 1893
- Neoscorpis J.L.B. Smith, 1931
- Scorpis Valenciennes, 1832
The 5th edition of Fishes of the World includes Neoscorpis within the subfamily Scorpidinae[2] but other authorities place it within the Kyphosinae, although these authorities usually classify the subfamilies of the Kyphosidae as families.[4]
References
- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Kyphosidae" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Scorpdidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Scorpdidae.
Wikidata ☰ Q1401146 entry
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