Scalicus amiscus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Scalicus amiscus | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Peristediidae |
| Genus: | Scalicus |
| Species: | S. amiscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scalicus amiscus (D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1904) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Scalicus amiscus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Peristediidae, the armoured gurnards or armored sea robins. This species is found in northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Scalicus amiscus was first formally described as Peristedion amiscus in 1904 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with the type locality given as off Manazuru Point, Sagami Bay in the Ashigarashimo District in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.[2] Some authorities regard this taxon as a junior synonym of S. hians.[2]
