Infraphylum Gnathostomata Scientific name Zaniolepis latipiniis Rank Genus Subclass Neopterygii | Subphylum Vertebrata Superclass Osteichthyes Subfamily Zaniolepidinae Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes | |
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Similar Zaniolepis latipinnis, Scorpaeniformes, Pleurogrammus, Hexagrammos stelleri, Hexagrammos octogrammus |
Zaniolepis is a genus of scorpaeniform fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Z. frenata is known to have been a source of food to the Native American inhabitants of San Nicolas Island off the coast of southern California, United States during the Middle Holocene.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
References
Zaniolepis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA