Neosebastes


Neosebastes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, belonging to the subfamily Neosebastinae, the gurnard scorpionfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. These fishes are found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Neosebastes was first described as a genus in 1867 by the French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated Scorpaena panda, which had been described by John Richardson in 1842 from Cockburn Sound in Western Australia, as the type species of the genus. The genus name is a compound of neo meaning "new" and Sebastes, as, when he coined the name, Guichenot thought that the new genus was closely related to or was a subgenus of the genus Sebastes.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:Neosebastes bougainvillii Neosebastes capricornis Motomura, 2004 Neosebastes entaxis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 Neosebastes incisipinnis J. D. Ogilby, 1910 Neosebastes johnsoni Motomura, 2004 Neosebastes longirostris Motomura, 2004 Neosebastes multisquamus Motomura, 2004 Neosebastes nigropunctatus McCulloch, 1915 Neosebastes occidentalis Motomura, 2004 Neosebastes pandus Neosebastes scorpaenoides Guichenot, 1867