Centropogon (fish)

Centropogon is a genus of waspfishes endemic to the brackish and marine waters around Australia.

For the plant, see Centropogon.

Centropogon
Fortescue (C. australis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Tetrarogidae
Genus:
Centropogon

Günther, 1860

Species

Three recognized species are in this genus:[1]

  • Centropogon australis (J. White, 1790) (fortescue or eastern fortescue)
  • Centropogon latirons Mees, 1962 (pale fortescue)
  • Centropogon marmoratis Günther, 1862 (marbled fortescue)

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


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