Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
| Tasseled scorpionfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Faimily: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Scorpaenopsis |
| Species: | S. oxycephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849)
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The tasseled scorpionfish, or smaw-scaled scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis oxycephala, is a carnivorous ray-finned fish wi venomous spines that lives in the Indie an Paceefic Oceans. It can reach a maximum lenth o 36 cm (14 in) an can vary considerably in colour. Adults are beardit wi a nummer o tassels belaw the jaw.
They inhabit reef slopes frae anerly 1 tae 35 meters. When in shallae watters, swimmers mey accidentally tread on thaim which mey cause painful injury frae the venomous spines.
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Tap view o S. oxycephala (Komodo)
References
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- "Scorpaenopsis oxycephala". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 Januar 2007.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Scorpaenopsis oxycephala" in FishBase. January 2007 version.