Sebastapistes

Sebastapistes
Sebastapistes strongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:Scorpaeninae
Genus:Sebastapistes
T. N. Gill, 1877

Sebastapistes is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

The 11 recognized species in this genus are:

  • Sebastapistes ballieui Sauvage, 1875 (Spotfin scorpionfish)
  • Sebastapistes coniorta O. P. Jenkins, 1903 (Humpback nohu)
  • Sebastapistes cyanostigma Bleeker, 1856 (Yellowspotted scorpionfish)
  • Sebastapistes fowleri Pietschmann, 1934 (Pygmy scorpionfish)
  • Sebastapistes galactacma O. P. Jenkins, 1903 (Galactacma scorpionfish)
  • Sebastapistes mauritiana G. Cuvier, 1829 (Spineblotch scorpionfish)
A spineblotch scorpionfish (Sebastapistes mauritiana).
A darkspotted scorpionfish (Sebastapistes tinkhami).

References

  1. Motomura, H., Aizawa, M. & Endo, H. (2014): Sebastapistes perplexa, a New Species of Scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from Japan. Species Diversity, 19 (2): 133–139.


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