Scorpis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei

Familia: Kyphosidae
Subfamilia: Scorpidinae
Genus: Scorpis
Species: S. aequipinnis – S. chilensis – S. georgianus – S. lineolata – S. violacea
Name

Scorpis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832

References

Scorpis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Scorpis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.

Vernacular names

Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[3]
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

Scorpis aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep)
Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848
Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep)
Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep)
Scorpis violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scorpis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scorpididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scorpis in FishBase. August 2013 version.