Pi206 Scorpaenopsis sp.

 Pi206                                                                  Scorpaenopsis sp.

 

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Scombridae

Genus: Scorpaenopsis

Species: leonine

 

Description:

         Scorpaenopsis scorpionfishes are characterised by having 12 spines in the dorsal fin and 3 spines in the anal fin. They do not have any teeth on the palatine. They have some black colouration between the first and the third spines in the dorsal fin. They have a strongly compressed head and no less than 3 suborbital spines. The smallest species is S. rubrimarginata which has a maximum total length of 24 mm (0.94 in) while the largest is the false stonefish. Scorpaenopsis scorpionfishes are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Red Sea and the coasts of Eastern Africa into the Pacific where it extends as Far East as Hawaii, north to Japan and south to Australia.

 

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