Scorpis

Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Scorpididae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.^[3]

Scorpis
Matūnė (S. violacea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Kyphosidae
Subfamily:	Scorpidinae
Genus:	Scorpis Valenciennes, 1832
Type species
Scorpis georgianus Valenciennes, 1832[1]
Synonyms[2]
Agenor Castelnau, 1879 Juvenella Whitley, 1948 Neptotichthys F. W. Hutton, 1890

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[3]

• Scorpis aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep)
• Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848
• Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep)
• Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep)
• Scorpis violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)