Ebosia


Ebosia is a genus of scorpionfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Two species have been described since 2014.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
ImageScientific NameCommon NameDistribution
Ebosia bleekeri Bleeker's lionfishsouthern Japan to Hong Kong, Also from Australia, Taiwan, China and Korea
Ebosia falcata Eschmeyer & Rama Rao, 1978Falcate lionfishSomalia, Pakistan and the west coast of India and off the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand.
Ebosia saya Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014Saya lionfishSaya de Malha Bank
Ebosia vespertina Matsunuma & Motomura, 2015Western falcate lionfishMozambique and the east coast of South Africa, Madagascar