Ablabys
Ablabys | |
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Cockatoo Wwspfish (A. taenianotus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Tetrarogidae |
Genus: | Ablabys Kaup, 1873 |
Ablabys is a genus of waspfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species[]
Three recognized species are in this genus:[1]
- Ablabys binotatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (redskinfish)
- Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852) (spiny waspfish)
- Ablabys taenianotus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (cockatoo waspfish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ablabys in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Categories:
- Ablabys
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
- Scorpaeniformes stubs