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Stereolepis
Sign in to saveStereolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish native to the Pacific Ocean. It is the only valid genus in the family Stereolepididae in the order Acropomatiformes.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPolyprionidae
Stereolepis doederleini, präpariertes Exemplar Stereolepis gigas Stereolepis (altgriechisch στερεός stereós, deutsch ‚dicht‘, λεπίς lepís, deutsch ‚Schuppe‘) ist eine Gattung sehr großer Meeresfische, die im nördlichen und nordwestlichen Pazifik von Südkorea, Japan und der Pazifikküste Russlands bis Kalifornien vorkommt.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Polyprionidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UCMP, USNM, UMMZ, CAS, SIO
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Japan
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Stereolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish native to the Pacific Ocean. It is the only valid genus in the family Stereolepididae in the order Acropomatiformes.
==Species== The following two species are classified in the genus Stereolepis: Stereolepis doederleini Lindberg & Krasyukova, 1969 (Striped jewfish) Stereolepis gigas Ayres, 1859 (Giant sea bass) A single fossil species, †Stereolepis arcanum Přikryl, Lin, Hsu & Lee, 2024 is known from the Early Pliocene of Taiwan.
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