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Neocentropogon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Tetrarogidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Tetraroge, Centropogon, Setarches

Neocentropogon is a genus of waspfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

Six recognized species are in this genus:

  • Neocentropogon aeglefinus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (onespot waspfish)
  • Neocentropogon affinis (Lloyd, 1909)
  • Neocentropogon japonicus Matsubara, 1943
  • Neocentropogon mesedai Klausewitz, 1985
  • Neocentropogon profundus (J. L. B. Smith, 1958)
  • Neocentropogon trimaculatus W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (threespotted waspfish)
  • References

    Neocentropogon Wikipedia