Parascorpaena picta
| Parascorpaena picta | |
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| Scorpaena stokesii (syn. Parascorpaena picta) from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Scorpaeninae |
| Genus: | Parascorpaena |
| Species: | P. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Parascorpaena picta (G. Cuvier, 1829) | |
Parascorpaena picta, the Northern Scorpionfish, is a species of scorpionfish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Parascorpaena picta" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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