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Coral Perch

Parascorpaena moultoni

Classification

Scorpaena cardinalis, the eastern red scorpionfish, grandfather hapuku, cardinal scorpionfish, Cook's scorpionfish, Cook's rockcod, Kermadec scorpionfish, Northern scorpionfish, red scorpion fish, red scorpion-cod or Sandy-bay cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Scorpaena cardinalis was first formally described in 1842 by the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander and the Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer Sir John Richardson in Richardson's…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
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