Superregnum : Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Scorpaeniformes
Subordo: Platycephaloidei
Familia: Platycephalidae
Genus: Sorsogona
Species: S. humerosa – S. melanoptera – S. nigripinna – S. portuguesa – S. prionota – S. tuberculata
Name
Sorsogona Herre, 1934: 67
Type species: Sorsogona serrulata ♀ Herre, 1934. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Herre, A.W.C.T. 1934: Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931. The fishes of the Herre 1931 Philippine expedition with descriptions of 17 new species. Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Hong Kong. 1-106.
Knapp, L.W. & P.C. Heemstra 2011: Sorsogona humerosa, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 75–78.
Vernacular names
English: Flatheads
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)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sorsogona in FishBase. December 2012 version.
"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".
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