Sorsogona

Genus of fishes

Sorsogona
Tuberculated flathead (S. tuberculata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Platycephalidae
Genus:
Sorsogona

Herre, 1934
Type species
Sorsogona serrulata
Herre, 1934

Sorsogona is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

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

  • Sorsogona humerosa L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead)
  • Sorsogona melanoptera L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead)[2]
  • Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead)
  • Sorsogona portuguesa (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead)
  • Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead)
  • Sorsogona tuberculata (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead)

Sorsogona is recognised by Fishbase but, apparently, does not include the type species, Sorsogona serrulata, as a species within it.[1] Catalog of Fishes treats this genus as a synonym of Ratabulus .[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sorsogona". FishBase. February 2022 version.
  2. ^ Sorsogona melanoptera A new Flathead fish from the northern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) by Leslie W. Knapp and Thosaporn Wongratana Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:381-385 (1987)i. 1987.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Platycephalidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sorsogona". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Sorsogona


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