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Scorpaenidae
raggy scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis venosa
Adults have tiny blue body ocelli
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumraggy scorpionfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Scorpaenopsis
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan (Ref. 11441 ) and the Philippines, south to the Great Barrier Reef (Ref. 33390 ). Also reported from the Saya de Malha Bank (76-95 meters) (Ref. 55723 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
