# Apistops

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Speciesbox 
| image = Apistops caloundra - higher density.jpg
| image_caption = 
| display_parents = 3
| parent_authority = [J. D. Ogilby](/source/James_Douglas_Ogilby), 1911
| taxon = Apistops caloundra
| authority = ([De Vis](/source/Charles_Walter_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](/source/Monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/genus) of wasp scorpionfishes belonging to the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Apistinae](/source/Apistinae) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Scorpaenidae](/source/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](/source/Indian_Ocean) and [Pacific](/source/Pacific_Ocean) waters from [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea), the [Arafura Sea](/source/Arafura_Sea) and northwest [Australia](/source/Australia). It is a [demersal fish](/source/demersal_fish) found on the inshore area of the [continental shelf](/source/continental_shelf) at depths between {{cvt|19|and|49|m}}. This species grows to a length of {{convert|19|cm|in}} [SL](/source/fish_measurement).<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](/source/ichthyologist) [James Douglas Ogilby](/source/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](/source/Species_description) in 1886 by the English [zoologist](/source/zoologist) [Charles Walter De Vis](/source/Charles_Walter_De_Vis) who gave the [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) as [Caloundra](/source/Caloundra) in [Queensland](/source/Queensland).<ref name = CofF2>{{Cof genus|genus=Apistops|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> The genus name ''Apistops'' means "lookong like ''[Apistus](/source/Apistus)'', the genus it was originally placed in by De Vis and the [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) 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

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