Scorpaenidae

Weedy stingfish

Scorpaenopsis cirrosa

Fish Reaching Twenty Three Point One Centimeters in Taiwanese Waters

• Tropical
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Scorpaenopsis cirrosa, the weedy stingfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan and China south to Hong Kong and northern Taiwan.