Stereolepis
Appearance
Stereolepis | |
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Stereolepis gigas | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Polyprionidae |
Genus: | Stereolepis Ayres, 1859 |
Type species | |
Stereolepis gigas Ayres, 1859[1]
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Synonyms<CofF/> | |
Megaperca Hilgendorf, 1878 |
Stereolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfish, which is native to the Pacific Ocean.
Species
[edit]The following two species are classified in the genus Stereolepis:[2]
- Stereolepis doederleini Lindberg & Krasyukova, 1969 (Striped jewfish)
- Stereolepis gigas Ayres, 1859 (Giant sea bass)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Stereolepis in FishBase. December 2020 version.
External links
[edit]Media related to Stereolepis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Stereolepis at Wikispecies