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Minous
Minous, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, it is the only genus in the tribe Minoini, one of the three tribes which are classified within the subfamily Synanceiinae within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. They are commonly known as stingfishes. They are found in the Indo-West Pacific.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Striped stingfish
speciesMinous trachycephalus
grey stingfish
speciesMinous monodactylus
Painted Stingfish
speciesMinous pictus
Plumbstriped Stingfish
speciesMinous versicolor
Obliquebanded Stingfish
speciesMinous dempsterae
Yellowfin Stingfish
speciesMinous coccineus
Minous groeneveldi
speciesMinous groeneveldi
Minous quincarinatus
speciesMinous quincarinatus
Minous pusillus
speciesMinous pusillus
Minous roseus
speciesMinous roseus
Minous radiatus
speciesMinous radiatus
Minous andriashevi
speciesMinous andriashevi
Minous inermis
speciesMinous inermis
Minous longimanus
speciesMinous longimanus
Minous usachevi
speciesMinous usachevi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64507.