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Scorpaeninae
Scorpaeninae is a subfamily of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes, it includes the scorpionfishes, the lionfishes and turkeyfishes. They bear venomous spines in the anal, dorsal and pelvic fins which can cause severe pain in envenomated humans. The subfamily is distributed in the tropical and temperate seas around the world. Genera Scorpaeninae is divided into two tribes, the Scorpaenini, which contains 17 genera, and the Pteroini which contains 5 genera: * Scorpaenini Risso, 1826 ** '' Hipposcorpaena'' Fowler, 1938 ** '' Hoplosebastes'' Schmidt, 1929 ** ''Idiastion'' Eschmeyer, 1965 ** '' Iracundus'' Jordan & Evermann, 1903 ** ''Neomerinthe Fowler, 1935 ** '' Neoscorpaena'' Mandrytsa, 2001 ** '' Parascorpaena'' Bleeker, 1876 ** '' Phenacoscorpius'' Fowler, 1938 ** '' Pogonoscorpius'' Regan, 1908 ** '' Pontinus'' Poey 1860 ** '' Pteroidichthys'' Bleeker, 1856 ** ''Rhinopias'' Gill, 1905 ** ''Scorpaena'' Linnaeus, 1758 ** '' Scorp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaenini
Scorpaenini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes, one of two tribes in the subfamily Scorpaeninae. This tribe contains the "typical" or "true" scorpionfishes. The taxonomy of the scorpionfishes is in some flux, the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World treats this taxa as a tribe within the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae within the order Scorpaeniformes, while other authorities treat it as a subfamily within a reduced family Scorpaenidae within the suborder Scorpaenoidei, or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea within the order Perciformes. Genera The tribe Scorpaenini contains at least 17 genera and nearly 200 species: * '' Hipposcorpaena'' Fowler, 1938 * '' Hoplosebastes'' Schmidt, 1929 * ''Idiastion'' Eschmeyer, 1965 * '' Iracundus'' Jordan & Evermann, 1903 * ''Neomerinthe'' Fowler, 1935 * '' Neoscorpaena'' Mandrytsa, 2001 * '' Parascorpaena'' Bleeker, 1876 * '' Phenacoscorpius'' Fowler, 1938 * '' Pogonoscorpius'' Regan, 1908 * '' Pontinus'' Poey 1860 * '' Pt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenianotus
''Taenianotus'' is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Its only species is ''Taenianotus triacanthus'', the leaf scorpionfish, paperfish, paper scorpionfish, sailfin leaffish or threespine scorpionfish. This taxon has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. Taxonomy ''Taenianotus'' was created as a genus in 1802 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède when he described ''Taenianotus triacanthus'', with no type locality being given. The type species was designated as ''Taenianotus triacanthus'' in 1829 by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes ''Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée''. This genus is classified within the tribe Scorpaenini, in the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae. The genus name is a compound of ''taenia'', meaning a "narrow flat band" and ''notus'', which means "ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaena
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontinus
''Pontinus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The scorpionfishes in this genus are distributed in the tropical and warm temperate parts Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Pontinus'' was first described as a genus in 1860 by the Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey y Aloy when he was describing the longsnout scorpionfish (''P. castor'') which he had collected at Havana, as this species was the only species Poey definitely placed within the new genus it is its type species by monotypy. The genus name from is derived from ''pontis'', meaning "bridge", an allusion to the suborbital stay, or ridge, which is found in all the species in the subfamily Scorpaeninae. Species There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pontinus accraensis'' Norman, 1935 (Ghanean rockfish) * '' Pontinus castor'' Poey, 1860 (Longsnout scorpionfish) * '' Pontinus clemensi'' Fitch, 1955 (Mottled scorpionfish) * '' Pontinus cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neomerinthe
''Neomerinthe'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Neomerinthe'' was first described as a genus in 1935 by the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler was describing ''N. hemingwayi'', with a type locality given as off Cape May, New Jersey, which he designated as the type species of a new genus. The genus name is a compound of ''neo'', meaning ''new'', and ''Merinthe'', a synonym of the genus ''Pontinus'', which Fowler thought ''N. hemingwayi'' resembled. Species ''Neomerinthe'' has 12 species classified within it: * ''Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps'' ( Fowler, 1938) (Orange scorpionfish) * ''Neomerinthe bauchotae'' Poss & Duhamel, 1991 * ''Neomerinthe beanorum'' ( Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900) * ''Neomerinthe erostris'' ( Alcock, 1896) (Round scorpionfish) Motomura, H., Causse, R., Béarez, P. & Mishra, S.S. (2015): Redescription of the Indo-West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idiastion
''Idiastion'' is a small genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Taxonomy ''Idiastion'' was first described as a genus by the American ichthyologist William N. Eschmeyer in 1965 when he was describing its type species, ''Idiastion kyphos'', from the southeastern Caribbean Sea, between Venezuela and Grenada. Subsequently two more species have been added to the genus from the Pacific Ocean. The genus is classified within the tribe Scorpaenini in the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the scorpionfish family Scorpaenidae. The genus name ''Idiastion'' is the Greek word meaning "hermit" or "recluse", alluding to the rarity of the scorpionfishes at the depths at which ''Idiastion'' was collected from. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Idiastion hageyi'' McCosker, 2008(Galapagos humpback scorpionfish) * ''Idiastion kyphos'' Eschmeyer, 1965 (Sharpcheek sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaenodes
''Scorpaenodes'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The fishes in this genus are found to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Scorpaenodes'' was first formally described as a genus in 1857 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker , Bleeker designated ''Scorpaena polylepsis'' as its type species by monotypy. He had originally described this species from Western Sumatra in 1851. ''S. polylepsis'' was later shown to be junior synonym of ''Scorpaena guamensis'' which had been described from Guam by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1824 from Guam. This genus is classified within the tribe Scorpaenini, in the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae. The genus name ''Scorpaenodes'' means having the form of ''Scorpaena'' the genus Bleeker originally placed the type species in. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaenopsis
''Scorpaenopsis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Scorpaenopsis'' was first formally described as a genus in 1837 by the Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist Johann Jakob Heckel. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''Scorpaena nesogallica'', which had been described in 1829 by Georges Cuvier from Mauritius, as its type species. ''S. nesogallica'' was later shown to be a junior synonym of ''Scorpaena gibbosa'' which had been described by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801 with "America" erroneously given as the type locality of this Indian Ocean species. This genus is classified within the tribe Scorpaenini, in the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae. The genus name ''Scorpaenopsis'' means "having the appearance of ''Scorpaena'', the genus the type species was originally classified within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastapistes
''Sebastapistes'' is a genus of marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Sebastapistes'' was first described as a genus in 1877 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Gill, Gill included 3 species within the new genus and in 1898 David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann designated ''Scorpaena strongia'' which had been Species description, described by Georges Cuvier in 1829 with its Type locality (biology), type locality given as Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, as the type species. This genus is classified within the Tribe (biology), tribe Scorpaenini, in the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae. The etymology of the genus name ''Sebastapistes'' was not explained by Gill, it may be that ''Sebast-'' is derived from ''Sebastichthys'' (a subgenus of Sebastes), which was previously a genus ''S. cyanosti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogonoscorpius
''Pogonoscorpius'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is a monotypic genus, its ony species is ''Pogonoscorpius sechellensis'' which occurs in the western Indian Ocean in the seas around the Seychelles. It is a little known species and, as of 2018, only 2 specimens were known from the Seychelles. It may also occur in the Coral Sea and off Japan and it has been suggested that this taxon is a synonym of '' Rhinopias argoliba''. Others treat it as a valid species and state that it is endemic to the western Indian Ocean. ''Pgonoscorpius'' was first formally described as a genus in 1908 by the British ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan when he described its only species ''P. sechellensis'', of which Regan gave the type locality as from a depth of 37 fathoms in the Seychelles. The type was collected by John Stanley Gardiner. The genus name is a compound of ''pogon'' meaning "beard", an allusion to the well developed men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Gill
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian. Career Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J. Carson Brevoort in the arrangement of the latter's entomological and ichthyological collections before going to Washington D.C. in 1863 to work at the Smithsonian Institution. He catalogued mammals, fishes and mollusks most particularly although maintaining proficiency in other orders of animals. He was librarian at the Smithsonian and also senior assistant to the Library of Congress. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1867. Gill was professor of zoology at George Washington University. He was also a member of the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Fellow members frequently mocked him for his vanity. He was president of the American Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
