''Stereolepis'' 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 marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

from the

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Polyprionidae The wreckfish are a family, Polyprionidae in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes. They are deep-water marine fish and can be found on the ocean bottom, where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks (thus their common name). Their scienti ...

, the

wreckfish The wreckfish are a family, Polyprionidae in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes. They are deep-water marine fish and can be found on the ocean bottom, where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks (thus their common name). Their scienti ...

, which is native to the Pacific Ocean.

Species

The following two species are classified in the genus ''Stereolepis'': *''

Stereolepis doederleini ''Stereolepis doedereini'', the striped jewfish, is a marine (ocean), marine, ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Polyprionidae, the wreckfish. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan, Korea and the Far East of Russia. ...

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& Krasyukova, 1969 (Striped jewfish) *'' Stereolepis gigas'' Ayres, 1859 (Giant sea bass)

References

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2497102 Polyprionidae