Minous
| Minous | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Plum-striped Stingfish (M. versicolor) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Synanceiidae |
| Genus: | Minous G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Minous is a genus of stonefishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Minous andriashevi Mandritsa, 1990
- Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890 (Onestick stingfish)
- Minous dempsterae Eschmeyer, Hallacher & Rama Rao, 1979 (Obliquebanded stingfish)
- Minous inermis Alcock, 1889 (Alcock's scorpionfish)
- Minous longimanus Regan, 1908
- Minous monodactylus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Grey stingfish)
- Minous pictus Günther, 1880 (Painted stinger)
- Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Dwarf stingfish)
- Minous quincarinatus (Fowler, 1943)
- Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Striped stingfish)
- Minous usachevi Mandritsa, 1993
- Minous versicolor J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Plumstriped stingfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Minous in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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