Parascorpaena

Parascorpaena is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Parascorpaena
P. picta from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia
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Scorpaeninae
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Parascorpaena

Bleeker, 1876

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (Golden scorpionfish)
  • Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Parascorpaena maculipinnis J. L. B. Smith, 1957
  • Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) (McAdam's scorpionfish)
A McAdam's scorpionfish (Parascorpaena mcadamsi).

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parascorpaena in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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