Neosebastidae

Neosebastidae
Thetis Fish (Neosebastes thetidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Neosebastidae
Ishida, 1994
Genera

Maxillicosta
Neosebastes

Neosebastidae, the gurnard scorpionfishes, is a family of scorpaeniform fishes found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Several of the species in this family are venomous.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Neosebastidae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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