Scorpaenopsis insperatus

Scorpaenopsis insperatus, the Sydney scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the Southwestern Pacific.[1]

Scorpaenopsis insperatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Scorpaenopsis
Species:
S. insperatus
Binomial name
Scorpaenopsis insperatus
Motomura, 2004

Size

This species reaches a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in). [2]

References

  1. Motomura, H., 2004. Scorpaenopsis insperatus: a new species of scorpionfish from Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Copeia 2004(3):546-550.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scorpaenopsis insperatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.