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Fourspine scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus)
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Fourspine scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus) specimen
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Scorpaenidae

Fourspine scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus

Scorpionfish from Indo Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Fourspine scorpionfish is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 10 cm.

Maximum length
10 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific : Christmas Island to Fiji and the Marshall Islands northward to Ryukyu Islands southward to Papua New Guinea. Also recorded in Australia (Ref. 76833 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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