Stellate Scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes barrybrowni

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae

Scorpaenodes is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The fishes in this genus are found to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Scorpaenodes was first formally described as a genus in 1857 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker designated Scorpaena polylepsis as its type species by monotypy.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 6

Sources and credits

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