Ursinoscorpaenopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
Tribe: | Scorpaenini |
Genus: |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis Nakabo & Yamada, 1996 |
Species: | U. kitai
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Binomial name | |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Its only species, Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai, is native to the Pacific Ocean waters around Japan. This species grows to a length of 24 cm (9.4 in). [1]
Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai was first formally described in 1996 by Tetsuji Nakabo and Umeyoshi Yamada and is known only from its type, which was collected in the East China Sea from a depth of 138 m (453 ft). [2] The genus name Ursinoscorpaeanopsis refers to its "bearlike shape" and is similar to Scorpaenopsis. The specific name honours the collector of the type Tsugiyoshi Kita of Nagasaki. [3]
The genus Ursinoscorpaenopsis differs from other scorpionfish genera by having a paranuchal spine, a supplemental spine on the last suborbital spine and non-fleshy, branched fin rays in the pectoral fin rays. It also has an orange-reddish body, lacks any teeth on the palatine, has a swimbladder, and possesses a supraneural and 5 unfused hypurals. This genus appears to be one of the more basal genera in the family Scorpaenidae. [4]
Ursinoscorpaenopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
Tribe: | Scorpaenini |
Genus: |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis Nakabo & Yamada, 1996 |
Species: | U. kitai
|
Binomial name | |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Its only species, Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai, is native to the Pacific Ocean waters around Japan. This species grows to a length of 24 cm (9.4 in). [1]
Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai was first formally described in 1996 by Tetsuji Nakabo and Umeyoshi Yamada and is known only from its type, which was collected in the East China Sea from a depth of 138 m (453 ft). [2] The genus name Ursinoscorpaeanopsis refers to its "bearlike shape" and is similar to Scorpaenopsis. The specific name honours the collector of the type Tsugiyoshi Kita of Nagasaki. [3]
The genus Ursinoscorpaenopsis differs from other scorpionfish genera by having a paranuchal spine, a supplemental spine on the last suborbital spine and non-fleshy, branched fin rays in the pectoral fin rays. It also has an orange-reddish body, lacks any teeth on the palatine, has a swimbladder, and possesses a supraneural and 5 unfused hypurals. This genus appears to be one of the more basal genera in the family Scorpaenidae. [4]