Humpback waspfish
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Subfamily: | Apistinae |
Genus: | Cheroscorpaena Mees, 1964 |
Species: | C. tridactyla
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Binomial name | |
Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees, 1964
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The humpback waspfish, (Cheroscorpaena tridactyla), is a species of wasp scorpionfish found only in the Gulf of Papua where it is an inhabitant of coral reefs. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Cheroscorpaena tridactyla" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Mees G.F. (1964): A new fish of the family Scorpaenidae from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen, 40 (1): 1-4