Ursinoscorpaenopsis is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Its only species, Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai, is native to the Pacific Ocean waters around Japan. This species grows to a length of 24 cm (9.4 in).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
| Tribe: | Scorpaenini |
| Genus: | Ursinoscorpaenopsis Nakabo & Yamada, 1996 |
| Species: | U. kitai
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| Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai | |
Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai was first formally described in 1996 by Tetsuji Nakabo and Umeyoshi Yamada and is known only from its type, which was collected in the East China Sea from a depth of 138 m (453 ft).[2] The genus name Ursinoscorpaeanopsis refers to its "bearlike shape" and similar to Scorpaenopsis. The specific name honours the collector of the type Tsugiyoshi Kita of Nagasaki.[3]
The genus Ursinoscorpaenopsis differs from other scorpionfish genera by havinga paranuchal spine, a supplemental spine on the last suborbital spine and non-fleshy, branched fin rays in the pectoral fin rays. It also has an orange-reddish body, lacks any teeth on the palatine, has a swimbladder, and possesses a supraneural and 5 unfused hypurals. This genus appears to be one of the more basal genera in the family Scorpaenidae.[4]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021Ursinoscorpaenopsis). "Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitae" in FishBase. August 2021Ursinoscorpaenopsis version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ursinoscorpaenopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (2 October 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 9): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Family Scorpaenidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Nakabo, T. & U. Yamada (1996). "Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai, a new genus and species of Scorpaenidae from the East China Sea". Ichthyological Research. 43 (2): 141–145.
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