Minous

Minous
Grey stingfish (M. monodactylus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Synanceiinae
Tribe: Minoini
Jordan & Starks, 1904[1]
Genus: Minous
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Scorpaena monodactyla
Synonyms[2]
  • Corythobatus Cantor, 1849
  • Decterias Jordan & Starks, 1904
  • Lysodermus Smith & Pope, 1906
  • Paraminous Fowler, 1943

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.

Painted stinger (Minous pictus)
  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Synanceiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 March 2022.