Sebastolobini Explained

Sebastolobini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae of the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes. Many species have the common name thornyhead.

Taxonomy

Sebastolobini was first formally recognised as a grouping in 1943 by the Japanese ichthyologist Kiyomatsu Matsubara.[1] Authorities who treat the clade referred to as Sebastinae as a family treat the Sebastolobini as a subfamily and call this grouping Sebastolobinae.

Genera

Sebastini contains three genera with 11 species, most in Trachyscorpia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Richard van der Laan . William N. Eschmeyer . Ronald Fricke . amp . 2014 . Family-group names of Recent fishes . Zootaxa . 3882 . 2 . 001–230 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . 25543675 . free .
  2. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . J. S. Nelson . T. C. Grande . M. V. H. Wilson . 2016 . 469 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6 .