Sebastolobinae
Tribe of fishes
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Sebastolobinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Scorpaenidae in the order Perciformes.[1] Many species have the common name thornyhead.
| Sebastolobinae | |
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| Longspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus altivelis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Sebastolobinae Matsubara, 1943 |
| Genera | |
Taxonomy
Sebastolobini was first formally recognised as a grouping in 1943 by the Japanese ichthyologist Kiyomatsu Matsubara.[2] More recently, authorities like Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, who treat the clade referred to as Sebastinae as a family, treat the Sebastolobini as a subfamily and call this grouping Sebastolobinae.[3][1]
Genera
Sebastolobinae contains three genera with 11 species, most in Trachyscorpia.[4][3]
- Adelosebastes Eschmeyer, T. Abe & Nakano, 1979
- Sebastolobus Gill, 1881
- Trachyscorpia Ginsburg, 1953