Ebosia
Ebosia | |
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Ebosia bleekeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Tribe: | Pteroini |
Genus: | Ebosia D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
Type species | |
Ebosia bleekeri |
Ebosia is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Two species have been described since 2014.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
Image | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein (de), 1884) | Bleeker's lionfish | southern Japan to Hong Kong, Also from Australia, Taiwan, China and Korea | |
Ebosia falcata Eschmeyer & Rama Rao, 1978 | Falcate lionfish | Somalia, Pakistan and the west coast of India and off the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. | |
Ebosia saya Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014[1] | Saya lionfish | Saya de Malha Bank | |
Ebosia vespertina Matsunuma & Motomura, 2015 [2] | Western falcate lionfish | Mozambique and the east coast of South Africa, Madagascar |
References
- ^ Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2014): A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia saya (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the western Indian Ocean and notes on fresh coloration of Ebosia falcata. Ichthyological Research, 62 (3): 293-312.
- ^ Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia vespertina (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 110-120.