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Scorpis
Sign in to saveScorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Scorpididae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyKyphosidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 82
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Collections
- NMV, USNM, SIO, CAS, ANSP, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, New Zealand, United States, Japan, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scorpidinae
- Image
- Scorpis violacea (Blue maomao).jpg
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Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Scorpididae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Scorpis aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep) Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848 Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep) Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep) Scorpis violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)
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