Scorpis
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Scorpididae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[3]
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| Scorpis | |
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| Matūnė (S. violacea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Scorpididae |
| Genus: | Scorpis Valenciennes, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Scorpis georgianus Valenciennes, 1832[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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)
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