''Setarches'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
deep-sea bristly scorpionfish
Setarchinae, the deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes, is a small subfamily of deep-sea ray-finned fishes, it is part of the family Scorpaenidae. They are small marine fishes, growing up to 25 cm, and are found in tropical and subtropical waters ...
es.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Setarches guentheri
The channelled rockfish (''Setarches guentheri''), also known as the deepwater scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the subfamily Setarchinae, the deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It h ...
''
J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (Channelled rockfish)
* ''
Setarches longimanus''
( Alcock, 1894) (Red deepwater scorpionfish)
References
Setarchinae
Taxa named by James Yate Johnson
Marine fish genera
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