title: Scorpis
text: # Scorpis
  
  Scorpis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
  
  ## Species
  
  The currently recognized species in this genus are:
  
  * Scorpis aequipinnis J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep)
  * Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848
  * Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep)
  * Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 (silver sweep)
  * Scorpis violacea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao)
  