Trachyscorpia

Trachyscorpia is a genus of rockfishes found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

Trachyscorpia
Atlantic thornyhead (T. c. cristulata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Trachyscorpia
Ginsburg, 1953

Species

A trachyscorpia specimen yet to be classified more exactly. Kept at the Sea Aquarium in Curaçao.

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

  • Trachyscorpia carnomagula Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2007 (Deepsea Scorpionfish)
  • Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)
    • Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Atlantic thornyhead)
    • Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata (Koehler (fr), 1896) (Spiny scorpionfish)
  • Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970 (Cape rockfish)
  • Trachyscorpia longipedicula Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2007 (Stylish Scorpionfish)
  • Trachyscorpia osheri McCosker, 2008
  • Trachyscorpia verai Béarez & Motomura, 2009 (Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish)

References

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


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