Parascorpaena
| Parascorpaena | |
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| P. picta from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
| Genus: | Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876 |
Parascorpaena is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species[]
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (Rüppell, 1838) (Golden scorpionfish)
- (Bleeker, 1851)
- J. L. B. Smith, 1957
- (Fowler, 1938) (McAdam's scorpionfish)
A McAdam's scorpionfish (Parascorpaena mcadamsi).
- Parascorpaena mossambica (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Mozambique scorpionfish)
- Parascorpaena picta (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Northern scorpionfish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parascorpaena in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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- Scorpaenidae
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- Marine fish genera
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