Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Phenacoscorpius


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Phenacoscorpius adenensis Toothed no-line scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific. 10 TL 1939
Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Southeast Pacific 13.3 SL 1992
Phenacoscorpius longicaudalis Australian no-line scorpionfish Eastern Indian Ocean 8.2 SL 2022
Phenacoscorpius longilineatus Southern no-line scorpionfish Southwestern Pacific 10.5 SL 2012
Phenacoscorpius longirostris Longsnout No-line Scorpionfish Southwest Pacific 6.3 SL 2009
Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri McCosker's no-line scorpionfish Southeast Pacific 10.1 SL 2017
Phenacoscorpius megalops Noline scorpionfish Pacific 13.5 TL 1938
Phenacoscorpius nebris Short-tube scorpionfish Western Atlantic 10 TL 1965
Phenacoscorpius trispinis Noslit scorpionfish Northwest Pacific 7.3 SL 2025



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013
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