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Peruvian Scorpionfish

Scorpaena afuerae

Classification

Scorpaena afuerae, the Peruvian scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Scorpaena afuerae was first formally described in 1946 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Frederick Hildebrand with the type locality given as Lobos de Afuera Island off Peru.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 1