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Phenacoscorpius
Sign in to savePhenacoscorpius, the no-lined scorpionfishes, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are native to the western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
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Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Phenacoscorpius, and connects out to fin, Animalia and Atlantic Ocean.
It is catalogued under topics including Marine fish genera, Scorpaenini and Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyScorpaenidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Collections
- UWFC, NMV, CAS, WAM, MNHN, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Australia, Ecuador, PolynéSie FrançAise, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Vanuatu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scorpaeninae
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- taxon name
- Phenacoscorpius
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phenacoscorpius
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Characteristics
- Distribution and habitat
- References
Phenacoscorpius, the no-lined scorpionfishes, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are native to the western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
==Taxonomy== Phenacoscorpius was first described as a genus in 1938 by the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler when he described Phenacoscorpius megalops from the Philippines which he designated as the type species of the new monotypic genus. The genus name is a compound of phenaco, which means "cheat", an allusion to the incomplete lateral line of P. megalops, and scorpius, meaning "scorpion", as this is a scorpionfish.
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