Scorpidinae

Taxobox
name = Scorpidinae


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image_caption = The blue maomao, "Scorpis violacea"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Percoidei
superfamilia = Percoidea
familia = Kyphosidae
subfamilia = Scorpidinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Bathystethus" "Labracoglossa" "Medialuna" "Scorpis" See text for species.The Scorpidinae, commonly known as halfmoons, knifefishes and sweeps are a subfamily of the sea chubs, a family of marine fish in the order Perciformes. The Scorpidinae are distributed throughout the Pacific and east Indian Oceans, with species occurring in the waters of North America, South America, Asia, Australia and numerous islands. Most inhabit the continental shelf in shallow rock and kelp reefs and deeper offshore reefs, whilst others are found well offshore in a pelagic setting. Most of the Scorpidinae are carnivorous, taking a variety of small crustaceans, although some are partly herbivorous. A number of the larger species are fished for commercially and recreationally, and are considered good table fish.

Classification

Fishbase lists eleven species in four genera under the subfamily Scorpidinae. This is a list of known all extant species.

*Subfamily SCORPIDINAE
**Genus "Bathystethus"
***Grey knifefish, "Bathystethus cultratus" (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
***"Bathystethus orientale" Regan, 1913
**Genus "Labracoglossa"
***"Labracoglossa argenteiventris" Peters, 1866
***Blue knifefish, "Labracoglossa nitida" McCulloch and Waite, 1916
**Genus "Medialuna"
***"Medialuna ancietae" Chirichigno, 1987
***Halfmoon, "Medialuna californiensis" (Steindachner, 1876)
**Genus "Scorpis"
***Sea sweep, "Scorpis aequipinnis" Richardson, 1848
***"Scorpis chilensis" Guichenot, 1848
***Banded sweep, "Scorpis georgianus" Valenciennes, 1832
***Silver sweep, "Scorpis lineolata" Kner, 1865
***Blue maomao, "Scorpis violacea" (Hutton, 1873)

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