Stereolepis

Stereolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfish, which is native to the Pacific Ocean.

Stereolepis
Stereolepis gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Polyprionidae
Genus: Stereolepis
Ayres, 1859
Type species
Stereolepis gigas
Ayres, 1859[1]
Synonyms<CofF/>

Megaperca Hilgendorf, 1878

Species

The following two species are classified in the genus Stereolepis:[2]

  • Stereolepis doederleini Lindberg & Krasyukova, 1969 (Striped jewfish)
  • Stereolepis gigas Ayres, 1859 (Giant sea bass)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Stereolepis in FishBase. December 2020 version.
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