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Apistidae
Sign in to saveApistinae, the wasp scorpionfishes, is a subfamily of venomous, marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and related species. These fishes are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
wasp scorpionfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyApistidae
屬 見內文 鬚蓑鮋科（學名：Apistidae）是輻鰭魚綱鮋形目的一個科。 分類 其下分3個屬： 鬚蓑鮋科（Apistidae） 擬棱鬚蓑鮋屬（Apistops） 新幾內亞擬棱鬚蓑鮋（Apistops caloundra） 鬚蓑鮋屬（Apistus） 棱鬚蓑鮋（Apistus carinatus）：又稱稜鬚蓑鮋。 豚蓑鮋屬（Cheroscorpaena） 三指豚蓑鮋（Cheroscorpaena tridactyla） 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=鬚蓑鮋科&oldid=32785155” 分类：鬚蓑鮋科 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据相同 含有拉丁語的條目
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Apistinae, the wasp scorpionfishes, is a subfamily of venomous, marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and related species. These fishes are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
==Taxonomy== Apistinae, or Apsitidae, was first formally recognised as a taxonomic grouping in 1859 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Gill. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World treats this as a subfamily of the scorpionfish family Scorpaenidae, although other authorities treat it as a valid family, the Apistidae. The name of the subfamily is based on the genus name Apistus, which means "untrustworthy" or "perfidious", a name Cuvier explained as being due to the long and mobile spines around the eyes, which he described as "very offensive weapons that these fish use when you least expect it".
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