Neomerinthe
Neomerinthe | |
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Neomerinthe hemingwayi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Neomerinthe Fowler, 1935 |
Type species | |
Neomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935
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Neomerinthe is a genus of fish in the family Scorpaenidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species[]
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- (Fowler, 1938) (Orange scorpionfish)
- & , 1991
- (Evermann & , 1900)
- (Alcock, 1896) (Round scorpionfish) [1]
- ( & C. Roux, 1964) (Folger's scorpionfish)
- Fowler, 1935 (Spiny-cheek scorpionfish)
- (Fowler, 1938)
- , & , 2011 (Blotched Polynesian scorpionfish) [2]
- (Fowler, 1938) (Three-striped scorpionfish) [3]
- , 1981 (Curved-spine scorpionfish)
- (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
References[]
- ^ Motomura, H., Causse, R., Béarez, P. & Mishra, S.S. (2015): Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896), a senior synonym of Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler 1938, N. rotunda Chen 1981, and N. bathyperimensis Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002. Zootaxa, 4021 (4): 529-540.
- ^ Motomura, H., Béarez, P. & Causse, R. (2011): Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe. Cybium, 35 (1): 55-73.
- ^ Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Béarez, P. (2016): Validity of a poorly known western Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Neomerinthe pallidimacula (Fowler, 1938). Cybium, 40 (2): 109-113.
Categories:
- Scorpaenidae
- Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
- Venomous fish
- Marine fish genera
- Scorpaeniformes stubs