Minous

Minous is a genus of stonefishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Minous
Plum-striped stingfish (M. versicolor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Synanceiidae
Genus: Minous
G. Cuvier, 1829

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Minous andriashevi Mandritsa, 1990
  • Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890 (Onestick stingfish)
  • Minous dempsterae Eschmeyer, Hallacher & Rama Rao, 1979 (Oblique-banded stingfish)
  • Minous groeneveldi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018[2]
  • Minous inermis Alcock, 1889 (Alcock's scorpionfish)
  • Minous longimanus Regan, 1908
  • Minous monodactylus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Grey stingfish)
  • Minous pictus Günther, 1880 (Painted stinger)
  • Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Dwarf stingfish)
  • Minous quincarinatus (Fowler, 1943)
  • Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Striped stingfish)
  • Minous usachevi Mandritsa, 1993
  • Minous versicolor J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Plum-striped stingfish)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Minous in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. MATSUNUMA, MIZUKI; MOTOMURA, HIROYUKI (2018-08-02). "Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880". Zootaxa. 4455 (2). ISSN 1175-5334.


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