Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi
Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi, Rama Rao's scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific all the way from Pakistan and Sri Lanka to New Britain to Papua New Guinea.[1]
| Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Scorpaenopsis |
| Species: | S. ramaraoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi J. E. Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the late Kaza V. Rama Rao who assisted the authors in the early research on Scorpaenopsis.[2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 20.8 cm (8.2 in). [3]
References
- 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.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 9): Suborder SCORPAENOIDEI: Family SCORPAENIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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