Sebastapistes
Sebastapistes is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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| Sebastapistes strongia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
| Genus: | Sebastapistes T. N. Gill, 1877 |
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).
- Sebastapistes nuchalis Günther, 1874
- Sebastapistes perplexa Motomura, Aizawa & Endo, 2014 [1]
- Sebastapistes strongia G. Cuvier, 1829 (Barchin scorpionfish)
- Sebastapistes taeniophrys Fowler, 1943
- Sebastapistes tinkhami Fowler, 1946 (Darkspotted scorpionfish)
A darkspotted scorpionfish (Sebastapistes tinkhami).
References
- 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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