Pitted stonefish
Appearance
Pitted stonefish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Tribe: | Synanceiini |
Genus: | Erosa Swainson, 1839 |
Erosa is a small genus of stonefishes found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Erosa daruma (Whitley, 1932) (Daruma stinger)
- Erosa erosa (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Pitted stonefish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erosa". FishBase. December 2012 version.