Family Tetrarogidae - Wasp fishes
  Order
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Tetrarogidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 17 | Species : 44 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Indo-west Pacific. Body compressed; head usually with ridges and spines; usually two divergent opercular spines; gill membrane free from isthmus. These fishes are extremely venemous. Mainly marine, but Notesthes robusta of coastal eastern Australia is primarily a freshwater fish. Bottom-dwelling predators of crustaceans and fishes.
  Etymology
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Tetrarogidae: Greek, tetra = four + Greek, rogos = wrinkled
  Reproductive guild
:
  Typical activity level
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sluggish
  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Scorpaenoidei | | Tetrarogidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Tetrarogidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Tetraroge barbata (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus barbatus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Tetraroge nigra (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus niger Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Tetraroge niger (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
! Gymnapistus niger (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Gymnapistes marmoratus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus marmoratus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Pentaroge marmorata (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Centropogon australis (White, 1790)
acceptedseniornew
Cottus australis White, 1790
synonymseniororiginal
Scorpaena jacksoniana Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymjuniororiginal
Tetraroge bellona De Vis, 1884
synonymjuniororiginal
Tetraroge hamiltoni De Vis, 1884
synonymjuniororiginal
Centropogon marmoratus (non Günther, 1862)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Centropogon marmoratus Günther, 1862
acceptedseniororiginal
Tetraroge vestitus De Vis, 1884
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Glyptauchen panduratus (Richardson, 1850)
acceptedseniornew
Apistes panduratus Richardson, 1850
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus taenianotus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Ablabys taenionotus (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
! Ambliapistus taenionotus (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
! Amblyapistus taenionotus (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
! Apistus taenionotus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
! Tetraroge taenionotus (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Tetraroge cristagalli Günther, 1860
synonymjuniororiginal
Tetraroge alboguttata Liénard, 1891
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Paracentropogon longispinis (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ablabys binotatus (non Peters, 1855)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus macracanthus Bleeker, 1852
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Ablabys binotatus (Peters, 1855)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus binotatus Peters, 1855
synonymseniororiginal
Amblyapistus binotata (Peters, 1855)
synonymseniornew
Amblyapistus binotatus (Peters, 1855)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Amblyapistus taenionotus (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ablabys gymnothorax Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Ablabys pauciporus Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Cottapistus cottoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Perca cottoides Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Abcichthys scorpio (Ogilby, 1910)
synonymjuniornew
Cottapistus scorpio (Ogilby, 1910)
synonymjuniornew
Vadesuma scorpio (Ogilby, 1910)
synonymjuniornew
! Leiocranium scorpio (Ogilby, 1910)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
Apistus longispinis Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Paracentropogon rubripinnis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus rubripinnis Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
synonymseniororiginal
Hypodytes rubripinnis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Snyderina yamanokami Jordan & Starks, 1901
acceptedseniororiginal
Snyderina guentheri (Boulenger, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
Tetraroge guentheri Boulenger, 1889
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Abcichthys praepositus (Ogilby, 1903)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
synonymseniorchange in rank
acceptedseniornew
synonymjuniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Cottapistus praepositus (non Ogilby, 1903)
misappliedmisappliednew
Liocranium praepositum (non Ogilby, 1903)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Notesthes robusta (Günther, 1860)
acceptedseniornew
Centropogon robustus Günther, 1860
synonymseniororiginal
Ocosia vespa Jordan & Starks, 1904
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia fasciata Matsubara, 1943
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia gracile Fowler, 1943
synonymjuniororiginal
Ocosia apia Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia ramaraoi Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia zaspilota Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia spinosa Chen, 1981
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia possi Mandrytsa & Usachev, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia sphex Fricke, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Ocosia dorsomaculata Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2022
acceptedseniororiginal
Vespicula trachinoides (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Apistus trachinodes Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Prosopodasys bottae Sauvage, 1878
synonymjuniororiginal
Vespicula bottae (Sauvage, 1878)
synonymjuniornew
Prosopodasys gogorzae Jordan & Seale, 1905
synonymjuniororiginal
Vespicula gogorzae (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
synonymjuniornew
Vespicula zollingeri (Bleeker, 1848)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus zollingeri Bleeker, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
Vespicula cypho (Fowler, 1938)
acceptedseniornew
Prosopodasys cypho Fowler, 1938
synonymseniororiginal
Coccotropsis gymnoderma (Gilchrist, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Tetraroge gymnoderma Gilchrist, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Neocentropogon japonicus Matsubara, 1943
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Neocentropogon mesedai Klausewitz, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Apistes leucogaster Richardson, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
Tetraroge leucogaster (Richardson, 1848)
synonymseniornew
Tetraroge darnleyensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
synonymjuniororiginal
Neovespicula depressifrons (Richardson, 1848)
acceptedseniornew
Apistes depressifrons Richardson, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
Vespicula depressifrons (Richardson, 1848)
synonymseniornew
! Vespicula depressiforms (Richardson, 1848)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
Apistus dracaena Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Vespicula dracaena (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Vespicula dracaene (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
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