Scorpis
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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| Matūnė (S. violacea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Scorpidinae |
| Genus: | Scorpis Valenciennes, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Scorpis georgianus Valenciennes, 1832[1]
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Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[3]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Scorpis aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep)
- Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848
- Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep)
- Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep)
- Scorpis violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Scorpis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=9109.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Scorpididae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Scorpididae.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scorpis in FishBase. August 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2199412 entry
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