Parascolopsis

Parascolopsis was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1901 by the Belgian-born British ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger when he described its only species, Parascolopsis townsendi^[1] from the Sea of Oman.^[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies Parascolopsis within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the order Spariformes.^[3]

Parascolopsis is a combination of para, which means "near" and Scolopsis, Boulenger wrote that this genus "agrees in every respect", apart from the absence of a surborbital spine.^[4]

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[5]

• Parascolopsis akatamae Miyamoto, McMahan, & Kaneko, 2020^[6]
• Parascolopsis aspinosa (M. Rao & S. Rao, 1981) (smooth dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis baranesi B. C. Russell & Golani, 1993 (Baranes's dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis boesemani (M. Rao & S. Rao, 1981) (redfin dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis capitinis B. C. Russell, 1996 (Large-head threadfin bream)
• Parascolopsis eriomma (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909) (rosy dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (unarmed dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis melanophrys B. C. Russell & P. K. Chin, 1996 (dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis qantasi B. C. Russell & Gloerfelt-Tarp, 1984 (slender dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis rufomaculata B. C. Russell, 1986 (red-spot dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis tanyactis B. C. Russell, 1986 (long-rayed dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis tosensis (Kamohara, 1938) (Tosa dwarf monocle bream)
• Parascolopsis townsendi Boulenger, 1901 (scaly dwarf monocle bream)