Tetrarogidae

Waspfishes
Snyderina yamanokami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Tetrarogidae
Genera

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The waspfishes are a family, the Tetrarogidae, of scorpaeniform fishes native to the Indian Ocean and the West Pacific. They are closely related to the scorpionfishes. As their name suggests, waspfishes are often venomous. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living at depths of up to 300 metres (980 ft).[1]

Classification

There are about forty species of waspfish[1], grouped into seventeen genera:

Family Tetrarogidae

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 176. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. 
  2. ^ a b SMITH, M.M. and HEEMSTRA, P.C. (eds.) 2003. Smiths' Sea Fishes ISBN 1-86872-890-0