Ablabys
| Ablabys | |
|---|---|
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| Cockatoo Waspfish (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 Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Ablabys in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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