''Stereolepis'' is a

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of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

native to the Pacific Ocean. It is the only valid genus in the family Stereolepididae in the order

Acropomatiformes The Acropomatiformes or Pempheriformes are an order of fish from the group of perch relatives Percomorpha. The relationship of the families assigned to the Acropomatiformes is based on molecular biological studies and is not yet supported by mor ...

Species

The following two species are classified in the genus ''Stereolepis'': *''

Stereolepis doederleini ''Stereolepis doedereini'', the striped jewfish, is a marine ray-finned fish in the family Stereolepididae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan, Korea and the Far East of Russia. The adults can grow to a maximum total lengt ...

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& Krasyukova, 1969 (Striped jewfish) *''

Stereolepis gigas The giant sea bass (''Stereolepis gigas'') is a fish native to the North Pacific Ocean. Although commonly referred to as a giant sea bass, black sea bass or giant black sea bass, it is actually a wreckfish in the family Wreckfish, Polyprionidae ...

'' Ayres, 1859 (Giant sea bass) A single

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species, †'' Stereolepis arcanum'' Přikryl, Lin, Hsu & Lee, 2024 is known from the

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* * Acropomatiformes {{Acropomatiformes-stub