Parascorpaena

Parascorpaena
P. picta from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Tribe: Scorpaenini
Genus: Parascorpaena
Bleeker, 1876
Type species
Scorpaena picta
Cuvier, 1829[1]

Parascorpaena is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Parascorpaena was first formally described as a monotypic genus in 1876 by the Dutch herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with Cuvier's Scorpaena picta designated as the type species.[1] The genus name Parascorpaena means "like Scorpaena", as the type species was described as being similar to that genus but separated from it by the possession an forwards and downwards pointing posterior lacrimal spine.[2]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3]

A McAdam's scorpionfish (Parascorpaena mcadamsi).

Other authorities recognize more valid species and include:[5][4]

FishBase places P. grandisquamis in Scorpaena and does not include P. armata[6] in its online database, but Catalog of Fishes does recognize these as valid species.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scorpaenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (2 October 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 9): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Family Scorpaenidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parascorpaena". FishBase. August 2021 version.
  4. ^ a b Bray, D.J. (2018). "Parascorpaena moultoni". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parascorpaena". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Scorpaenidae". FishBase. August 2021 version.
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