Shortsnout Scorpionfish (species: Scorpaenopsis obtusa) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Actinopterygii > Scorpaeniformes > Scorpaenidae > Scorpaenopsis > Scorpaenopsis obtusa
Scorpaenopsis obtusa
Shortsnout Scorpionfish

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Scorpaenopsis
Species Scorpaenopsis obtusa

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Comments

Known from the LI area only by one specimen collected by rotenone in 1975, identified in 2003 by H. Motomura (Ozcam accessed 3 Mar 2019).

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Motomura, H. and G. Shinohara (2005). Assessment of taxonomic characters of Scorpaenopsis obtusa and S. gibbosa (Scorpaenidae), with first records of S. obtusa from Japan and Australia and comments on the synonymy of S. gibbosa, Cybium, 29: 295-301. LIRS catalog number 936.