''Seriolella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
medusafish
Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of percomorph fishes. The family includes about 31 species. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.
Young '' Icichthys lockingtoni'' specimens are abundant in the coastal ...
es native to the southwestern
Pacific Ocean
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and the eastern
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
.
Species
There are currently six recognized
species
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in this genus:
* ''
Seriolella brama''
( Günther, 1860) (Blue warehou or common warehou)
* ''
Seriolella caerulea''
Guichenot, 1848 (White warehou)
* ''
Seriolella porosa''
Guichenot, 1848 (Choicy ruff)
* ''
Seriolella punctata''
( J. R. Forster, 1801) (Silver warehou)
* ''
Seriolella tinro''
Gavrilov, 1973
* ''
Seriolella violacea''
Guichenot, 1848 (Palm ruff)
References
Centrolophidae
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