Trachyscorpia

Trachyscorpia
Atlantic Thornyhead (T. c. cristulata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Trachyscorpia
Ginsburg, 1953

Trachyscorpia is a genus of rockfishes found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

A trachyscorpia specimen yet to be classified more exactly. Kept at the Sea Aquarium in Curaçao.

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Trachyscorpia in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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