Deepsea Scorpionfish

Trachyscorpia carnomagula

Thirty Six Point Nine Centimeters Scorpionfish of Australian Waters

Deepsea Scorpionfish is known around Pacific Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 36.9 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Trachyscorpia
Maximum length: 36.9 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: currently known only from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Tasman Sea and northern New Zealand) at depths of 731-1020 m. One specimen (CSIRO H 2625-02, 263.3 mm SL, non-type), tentatively identified as T. carnomagula in ref. 58335 , was collected from southwest of Western Australia, Indian Ocean, at a depth of 738–750 m. Trachyscorpia carnomagula co-occurs with T. eschmeyeri .

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