Scorpaenopsis pluralis

Scorpaenopsis pluralis is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the Eastern Central Pacific around Hawaii.[1]

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in). [2]

References

  1. Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001. Revision of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scopaenopsis, with descriptions of eight new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (34):79 p.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scorpaenopsis pluralis" in FishBase. February 2015 version.


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