Zaniolepis Temporal range: to Present |
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Longspine Combfish (Z. latipinnis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Subclass: | Neopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Hexagrammidae |
Subfamily: | Zaniolepidinae |
Genus: |
Zaniolepis Girard, 1858 |
Zaniolepis is a genus of scorpaeniform fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Z. frenata is known to have been a source of food to the Native American inhabitants of San Nicolas Island off the coast of southern California, United States during the Middle Holocene.
The currently recognized species in this genus are: