Ocosia

Ocosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Tetrarogidae
Genus: Ocosia

Ocosia is a genus of waspfishes native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Ocosia apia Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975 (stoutspine waspfish)
  • Ocosia fasciata Matsubara, 1943
  • Ocosia possi Mandritsa & S. I. Usachev, 1990
  • Ocosia ramaraoi Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975
  • Ocosia spinosa L. C. Chen, 1981
  • Ocosia vespa D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
  • Ocosia zaspilota Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975 (polka dot waspfish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Ocosia in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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