Erosa

Erosa is a small genus of stonefishes found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

This article is about the genus. For other taxonomic uses, see List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names.

Erosa
Dharma Erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Synanceiidae
Genus: Erosa
Swainson, 1839

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Erosa daruma (Whitley, 1932) (Daruma stinger)
  • Erosa erosa (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Pitted stonefish)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Erosa in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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