| Serrated deepwater scorpionfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Scorpaenopsis |
| Species: | S. crenulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scorpaenopsis crenulata Motomura & Causse, 2011 | |
Scorpaenopsis crenulata, the serrated deepwater 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 around Wallis and Futuna Islands.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in). [2]
References
- ↑ Motomura, H. and R. Causse, 2011. A new deepwater scorpionfish of the genus Scorpaenopsis (Scorpaenidae) from Wallis and Futuna Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Bull. Mar. Sci. 87(1):45-53.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scorpaenopsis crenulata" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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