Sunagocia
| Sunagocia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Platycephalidae |
| Genus: | Sunagocia Imamura, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Thysanophrys arenicola L. P. Schultz, 1966 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sunagocia is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.[1]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Sunagocia arenicola (L. P. Schultz, 1966) (Broadhead flathead)
- Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833) (Papillose flathead)
- Sunagocia omanensis L. W. Knapp & J. E. Randall, 2013[2]
- Sunagocia otaitensis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Fringelip flathead)
- Sunagocia sainsburyi L. W. Knapp & Imamura, 2004 (Sainsbury's flathead)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Sunagocia in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- 1 2 Knapp, L.W. & Randall, J.E. (2013): Sunagocia omanensis, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes, Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with comments on the distribution of Sunagocia carbuncula. Zootaxa, 3718 (1): 97–100.
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