Sorsogona

Sorsogona
Tuberculated Flathead (S. tuberculata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Genus: Sorsogona
Herre, 1934

Sorsogona is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

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

  • Sorsogona humerosa L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead)
  • Sorsogona melanoptera L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead)
  • Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead)
  • Sorsogona portuguesa (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead)
  • Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead)
  • Sorsogona tuberculata (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead)

References

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


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