Sebastapistes

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Scorpaeninae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Scorpaenidae Scientific name Sebastapistes Higher classification Scorpionfish Order Scorpaeniformes

Similar Scorpionfish, Sebastapistes cyanostigma, Sebastapistes strongia, Parascorpaena, Scorpaenodes

Sebastapistes cyanostigma yellow spotted scorpionfish

Sebastapistes is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

The 11 recognized species in this genus are:

Sebastapistes ballieui Sauvage, 1875 (Spotfin scorpionfish)

Sebastapistes coniorta O. P. Jenkins, 1903 (Humpback nohu)

Sebastapistes cyanostigma Bleeker, 1856 (Yellowspotted scorpionfish)

Sebastapistes fowleri Pietschmann, 1934 (Pygmy scorpionfish)

Sebastapistes galactacma O. P. Jenkins, 1903 (Galactacma scorpionfish)

Sebastapistes mauritiana G. Cuvier, 1829 (Spineblotch scorpionfish)

Sebastapistes nuchalis Günther, 1874

Sebastapistes perplexa Motomura, Aizawa & Endo, 2014

Sebastapistes strongia G. Cuvier, 1829 (Barchin scorpionfish)

Sebastapistes taeniophrys Fowler, 1943

Sebastapistes tinkhami Fowler, 1946 (Darkspotted scorpionfish)

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