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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Sebastapistes

(See list of species below)


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10 species (see list below)

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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 11.7 cm TL
Sebastapistes ballieui (Sauvage, 1875)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Sebastapistes ballieui
[Spotfin scorpionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Sebastapistes coniorta Jenkins, 1903

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Sebastapistes coniorta
[Humpback nohu]

Photo by Adams, M.J.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856)

Photo by Adams, M.J.
 
Sebastapistes cyanostigma
[Yellowspotted scorpionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 4.7 cm TL
Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann, 1934)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Sebastapistes fowleri
[Pigmy scorpionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
Sebastapistes galactacma Jenkins, 1903

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Sebastapistes galactacma
[Galactacma scorpionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Sebastapistes mauritiana
[Spineblotch scorpionfish]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10.2 cm TL
 
Sebastapistes nuchalis
[]

Photo by Field, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)

Photo by Field, R.
 
Sebastapistes strongia
[Barchin scorpionfish]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Sebastapistes taeniophrys
[Eyebrow scorpionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler, 1946)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Sebastapistes tinkhami
[Darkspotted scorpionfish]
10 Species of Family Scorpaenidae with Genus Sebastapistes
(Scorpionfishes or rockfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1875 Sebastapistes ballieui Spotfin scorpionfish Eastern Central Pacific 11.7 TL
1903 Sebastapistes coniorta Humpback nohu Eastern Central Pacific 10 TL
1856 Sebastapistes cyanostigma Yellowspotted scorpionfish Indo-Pacific 10 TL
1934 Sebastapistes fowleri Pigmy scorpionfish Indo-Pacific 4.7 TL
1903 Sebastapistes galactacma Galactacma scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 4.9 SL
1829 Sebastapistes mauritiana Spineblotch scorpionfish Indo-Pacific 9.5 TL
1874 Sebastapistes nuchalis Indo-Pacific. 10.2 TL
1829 Sebastapistes strongia Barchin scorpionfish Indo-Pacific 9.5 TL
1943 Sebastapistes taeniophrys Eyebrow scorpionfish Western Pacific 2.5 TL
1946 Sebastapistes tinkhami Darkspotted scorpionfish Indo-Pacific. 10 TL



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