Neosebastes

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Neosebastes
File:NeosebastesPandusRLS.jpg
Neosebastes pandus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Subfamily: Neosebastidae
Genus: Neosebastes
Guichenot, 1867
Type species
Scorpaena panda
Synonyms[1]

Neosebastes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, belonging to the subfamily Neosebastinae, the gurnard scorpionfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. These fishes are found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

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Neosebastes was first described as a genus in 1867 by the French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated Scorpaena panda, which had been described by John Richardson in 1842 from Cockburn Sound in Western Australia, as the type species of the genus.[2] The genus name is a compound of neo meaning "new" and Sebastes, as, when he coined the name, Guichenot thought that the new genus was closely related to or was a subgenus of the genus Sebastes.[3]

Species

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There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

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  5. ^ Yoshikawa, A. & Kai, Y. (2016): Revised diagnosis and genetic divergence of a poorly known scorpionfish, Neosebastes multisquamus (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae). Marine Biodiversity, 48 (2): 1255–1259.

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