Scorpis

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Scorpis Rank Genus		Family Kyphosidae Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes

Lower classifications Blue maomao, Silver sweep

Scorpions wind of change

Scorpis is a genus of sea chubs native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

S. aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep)

S. chilensis Guichenot, 1848

S. georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep)

S. lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep)

S. violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)

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