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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyKyphosidae
  5. ›genusScorpis
Scorpis chilensis
Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860) after Claudio Gay (1800-1873) prinx, Christophe Annedouche ( (Public domain) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN NE · Not evaluated

Chilean Sea Chub

Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848

Also calledMaomao-de-Juan Fernández (por) · Mitja lluna de cua groga (cat) · Pampanito de Juan Fernández (spa) · tloušťovka chilská (ces)

First described in: Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.].

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2381261.