Trachyscorpia
Trachyscorpia is a genus of rockfishes found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
| Trachyscorpia | |
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| Atlantic thornyhead (T. c. cristulata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Sebastidae |
| Genus: | Trachyscorpia Ginsburg, 1953 |
Species
A trachyscorpia specimen yet to be classified more exactly. Kept at the Sea Aquarium in Curaçao.
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Trachyscorpia carnomagula Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2007 (Deepsea Scorpionfish)
- Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Atlantic thornyhead)
- Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata (Koehler (fr), 1896) (Spiny scorpionfish)
- Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970 (Cape rockfish)
- Trachyscorpia longipedicula Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2007 (Stylish Scorpionfish)
- Trachyscorpia osheri McCosker, 2008
- Trachyscorpia verai Béarez & Motomura, 2009 (Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Trachyscorpia in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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