Selenoscopus

Selenoscopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Uranoscopidae
Genus:
Species:
S. turbisquamatus
Binomial name
Selenoscopus turbisquamatus
Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993[1]

Selenoscopus is a monotypic genus of stargazer from the family Uranoscopidae. The only species in the genus is Selenoscopus turbisquamatus, a bathydemersal species found in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to the northern Tasman Sea at depths of 100–500 metres (330–1,640 ft).[2]

References

  1. ^ Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Selenoscopus Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Selenoscopus turbisquamatus". FishBase. February 2018 version.


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