Scalicus
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| Scalicus | |
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| Scalicus amiscus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Subfamily: | Peristediinae |
| Genus: | Scalicus D. S. Jordan, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Peristedion amiscus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scalicus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Peristediinae, the armoured gurnards or armored searobins. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Scalicus was first described as a monotypic genus in 1923 by the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan with the newly described Peristedion amiscus, designated as its type species.[1] Within the family Peristediidae there are 2 clades, this genus is in the clade consisting of 5 genera, with the nominate genus Peristedion in the other clade.[2] Jordan did not explain the genus name's etymology but it may be from skallo meaning "hoe", an allusion top the shovel shaped snout of the type species.[3]
Species
Scalicus currently has 8 recognised species within it:[4]
- Scalicus amiscus D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
- Scalicus engyceros Günther, 1872
- Scalicus gilberti D. S. Jordan, 1921 [2]
- Scalicus hians C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
- Scalicus investigatoris Alcock, 1898
- Scalicus orientalis Fowler, 1938
- Scalicus paucibarbatus Kawai, 2019
- Scalicus quadratorostratus Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979
- Scalicus serrulatus Alcock, 1898
Some authorities recognise 6 valid species, treating S. amiscus as a junior synonym of S. hains and both S. gilberti and S, investigatoris as a junior synonyms of S. engyceros.[5]