Ebosia

Ebosia is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Two species have been described since 2014.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein (de), 1884)	Bleeker's lionfish	southern Japan to Hong Kong, Also from Australia, Taiwan, China and Korea
Ebosia falcata Eschmeyer & Rama Rao, 1978	Falcate lionfish	Somalia, Pakistan and the west coast of India and off the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand.
Ebosia saya Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014[1]	Saya lionfish	Saya de Malha Bank
Ebosia vespertina Matsunuma & Motomura, 2015 [2]	Western falcate lionfish	Mozambique and the east coast of South Africa, Madagascar

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Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2014): A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia saya (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the western Indian Ocean and notes on fresh coloration of Ebosia falcata. Ichthyological Research, 62 (3): 293-312.
Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia vespertina (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 110-120.

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