Paracentropogon

Paracentropogon is a genus of ray-finned fishes, waspfishes belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae, which is classified as part of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives, These fish are found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

==Taxonomy== Paracentropogon was originally described as a genus in 1876 by the Dutch herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with Apistus longispinis designated as its type species. Apistus longispinis was described by Georges Cuvier in 1829 from Ambon Island. This genus is included in the subfamily Tetraroginae within the Scorpaenidae in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World however other authorities place that subfamily within the stonefish family Synanceiidae, while other authorities classify this subfamily as a family in its own right. The genus name Paracentropogon refers to this genus's close relationship to Centropogon.