Pi47 Scorpaenopsis leonine
Pi47 Scorpaenopsis leonine
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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