Pteroidichthys

Pteroidichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The scorpionfishes in this genus are distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderScorpaeniformes
FamilyScorpaenidae

Habitatmarine

Observations317

El Pteroidichthys es un género de pez escorpión nativo del océano Índico y el oeste del océano Pacífico. Especies Actualmente hay dos especies reconocidas de este género:[1] Pteroidichthys amboinensis Bleeker, 1856 Pteroidichthys godfreyi (Whitley, 1954) (pez escorpión de Godfrey) Referencias ↑ Especies de "Pteroidichthys". En FishBase. (Rainer Froese y Daniel Pauly, eds.). Consultada en December de 2012. N.p.: FishBase, 2012. Datos: Q2694599 Multimedia: Especies: Pteroidichthys

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Pteroidichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The scorpionfishes in this genus are distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

==Taxonomy== Pteroidichthys was first described as a genus in 1856 by the Dutch herpetologist, ichthyologist and physician Pieter Bleeker when he described Pteroidichthys amboinensis and he placed it in a monotypic genus. The genus name is a compound of pteroides which means "similar to Pterois", and ichthys meaning "fish". Bleeker thought that this taxon was close to the lionfishes but was distinguished by, among other features, the lack of head spines.