Scorpaenopsis cirrosa

Weedy stingfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Genus:	Scorpaenopsis
Species:	S. cirrosa
Binomial name
	Scorpaenopsis cirrosa; (Thunberg, 1793)
Synonyms
	Perca cirrosa Thunberg, 1793; Dendroscorpaena cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793); Scorpaena cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793); Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793); Scorpaenopsis cirrhosus (Thunberg, 1793); Scorpaeopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793); Scorpaena leonina Richardson, 1846;

Scorpaenopsis cirrosa, the weedy stingfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan and China south to Hong Kong and northern Taiwan.^[2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 23.1 cm (9.1 in). ^[3]

References

^ Richardson, J. 1846 (June/July) [ref. 3742], Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]: 187-320.
^ Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001. Revision of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scopaenopsis, with descriptions of eight new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (34):79 p.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scorpaenopsis cirrosa". FishBase. February 2015 version.

[1] Richardson, J. 1846 (June/July) [ref. 3742], Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]: 187-320.

[2] Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001. Revision of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scopaenopsis, with descriptions of eight new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (34):79 p.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scorpaenopsis cirrosa". FishBase. February 2015 version.

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