Sorsogona

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Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Platycephalidae		Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes Genus Sorsogona Herre, 1934

Sorsogona is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

Sorsogona humerosa L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead)

Sorsogona melanoptera L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead)

Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead)

Sorsogona portuguesa (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead)

Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead)

Sorsogona tuberculata (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead)

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