Brachypterois
| Brachypterois | |
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| Brachypterois serrulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae |
| Genus: | Brachypterois Fowler, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938 | |
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Brachypterois is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Brachypterois curvispina Matsunuma, M. Sakurai & Motomura, 2013[2]
- Brachypterois serrulata (J. Richardson, 1846) (Sawcheek scorpionfish)
- Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Brachypterois in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 1 2 3 Matsunuma, M., Sakurai, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): Revision of the Indo-West Pacific genus Brachypterois (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), with description of a new species from northeastern Australia. Zootaxa, 3693 (4): 401–440.
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