Parascorpaena
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| Genus: | Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876
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Parascorpaena is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (Golden scorpionfish)
- Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)
- Parascorpaena maculipinnis J. L. B. Smith, 1957
- Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) (McAdam's scorpionfish)
- Parascorpaena mossambica (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Mozambique scorpionfish)
- Parascorpaena picta (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Northern scorpionfish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parascorpaena". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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