Pontinus

Pontinus Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
Spinythroat scorpionfish (P. nematophthalmus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes[2]
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:	Scorpaeninae
Genus:	Pontinus Poey, 1860

Pontinus is a genus of scorpionfishes.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[3]

• Pontinus accraensis Norman, 1935 (Ghanean rockfish)
• Pontinus castor Poey, 1860 (Longsnout scorpionfish)
• Pontinus clemensi Fitch, 1955 (Mottled scorpionfish)
• Pontinus corallinus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903
• Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899
• Pontinus helena Eschmeyer, 1965
• Pontinus kuhlii (S. Bowdich, 1825) (Offshore rockfish)
• Pontinus leda Eschmeyer, 1969 (Speckled deepwater scorpionfish)
• Pontinus longispinis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Longspine scorpionfish)
• Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage, 1882) (Large-headed scorpionfish)
• Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) (Spinythroat scorpionfish)
• Pontinus nigerimum Eschmeyer, 1983 (Blacklash scorpionfish)
• Pontinus nigropunctatus (Günther, 1868) (St. Helena deepwater scorpionfish)
• Pontinus rathbuni Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Highfin scorpionfish)
• Pontinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1872)
• Pontinus sierra (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Speckled scorpionfish)
• Pontinus strigatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Stalkeye scorpionfish)
• Pontinus tentacularis (Fowler, 1938)
• Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & C. L. Hubbs, 1946 (Spotback scorpionfish)

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
2. "Scorpaeniformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pontinus in FishBase. December 2012 version.