Dendrochirus bellus, Butterfly scorpionfish

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Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)

Butterfly scorpionfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Pteroinae
Etymology: Dendrochirus: Greek, dendron = tree + Greek, cheir = hands; with tree like marks (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Hubbs.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 11230). Temperate; 35°N - 21°N, 119°E - 170°E

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Northwest Pacific: from the South China Sea north to the Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of central Japan; not yet recorded from Borneo or the Philippines.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits the rocky littoral and sublittoral zones of northern Taiwan (Ref. 39597). Found on sandy mud or gravel bottom (Ref. 559).

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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