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Parascorpaena

Parascorpaena
Scorpaena Stokesii (Discoveries in Australia).jpg
P. picta from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:
Scorpaeninae
Genus:
Parascorpaena

Bleeker, 1876

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

Species

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

  • Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (Golden scorpionfish)
  • Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Parascorpaena maculipinnis J. L. B. Smith, 1957
  • Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) (McAdam's scorpionfish)
A McAdam's scorpionfish (Parascorpaena mcadamsi).
  • Parascorpaena mossambica (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Mozambique scorpionfish)
  • Parascorpaena picta (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Northern scorpionfish)

References

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


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