| Brachypterois serrulata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae |
| Genus: | Brachypterois Fowler, 1938 |
| Species: | B. serrulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachypterois serrulata (Richardson, 1846) |
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Brachypterois serrulata, also known as the Sawtooth Scorpionfish[1] and Pygmy Lionfish[2], is a marine fish that is the only member of the genus Brachypterois. It is found between 23 and 79 meters deep in very protected muddy habitats in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans from the Gulf of Oman to the waters of Taiwan.[1]