Apistops

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Apistops caloundra - higher density.jpg | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = J. D. Ogilby, 1911 | taxon = Apistops caloundra | authority = (De Vis, 1886) | synonyms = * ''Apistus caloundra'' <small>De Vis, 1886</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Apistops|caloundra|month=February|year=2022}}</ref> }}

'''''Apistops''''' is a monotypic genus of wasp scorpionfishes belonging to the subfamily Apistinae in the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. Its only species is the '''short-armed waspfish''' ('''''Apistops caloundra'''''), also known as the '''shortfinned waspfish''' or '''shortspine waspfish'''. This species is found in the Indian and Pacific waters from Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea and northwest Australia. It is a demersal fish found on the inshore area of the continental shelf at depths between {{cvt|19|and|49|m}}. This species grows to a length of {{convert|19|cm|in}} SL.<ref name = Fishbase/><ref name = FofA>{{cite web | title = ''Apistops caloundra'' | work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 14 March 2022 | url = https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3206 | publisher = Museems Victoria}}</ref>

''Apistops'' was first described as a genus in 1911 by the Australian ichthyologist James Douglas Ogilby for ''Apistus caloundra'',<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Apistinae|access-date =14 March 2022}}</ref> a species which had been described in 1886 by the English zoologist Charles Walter De Vis who gave the type locality as Caloundra in Queensland.<ref name = CofF2>{{Cof genus|genus=Apistops|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> The genus name ''Apistops'' means "lookong like ''Apistus'', the genus it was originally placed in by De Vis and the specific name refers to the type locality.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/perciformes10/ | title = Order Perciformes (Part 10): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Families Apistidae, Tetrarogidae, Synanceiidae, Aploacrinidae, Perryenidae, Eschmeyeridae, Pataceidae, Gnathanacanthidae, Congiopodidae and Zanclorhynchidae | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor1= Christopher Scharpf | editor2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp |date = 10 March 2022 | access-date = 15 March 2022 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}</ref>

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Category:Apistinae Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera Category:Fish described in 1886