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title: "Sea Sweep"
description: "Scorpis aequipinnis — Poissons. The sea sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis), also known as the maomao, snapjack, or sweep is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/sea-sweep
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sea Sweep

> Scorpis aequipinnis — Poissons. The sea sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis), also known as the maomao, snapjack, or sweep is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae.

- Scientific name: *Scorpis aequipinnis*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 1864
- Wikidata: [Q2691248](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2691248)
- iNaturalist taxon: [411212](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/411212)

## Names

- en: Sea Sweep
- de: Meeresfeger

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1776)

## Summary

The sea sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis), also known as the maomao, snapjack, or sweep is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_sweep

## Photo

![Sea Sweep](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sea-sweep/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253843586

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sea-sweep?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).