Sunagocia

Sunagocia is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.[1]

Sunagocia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Platycephalidae
Genus:
Sunagocia

Imamura, 2003
Type species
Thysanophrys arenicola
L. P. Schultz, 1966
Synonyms
  • Eurycephalus Imamura, 1996 (preoccupied)

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Sunagocia arenicola (L. P. Schultz, 1966) (Broadhead flathead)
  • Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833) (Papillose flathead)
  • Sunagocia omanensis L. W. Knapp & J. E. Randall, 2013[2]
  • Sunagocia otaitensis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Fringelip flathead)
  • Sunagocia sainsburyi L. W. Knapp & Imamura, 2004 (Sainsbury's flathead)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Sunagocia in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  2. Knapp, L.W. & Randall, J.E. (2013): Sunagocia omanensis, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes, Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with comments on the distribution of Sunagocia carbuncula. Zootaxa, 3718 (1): 97–100.


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