- Tassled scorpionfish
Taxobox
name = Tassled scorpionfish
image_width = 200px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Scorpaeniformes
familia =Scorpaenidae
genus = "Scorpaenopsis "
species = "S. oxycephala"
binomial = "Scorpaenopsis oxycephala"
binomial_authority = (Bleeker)1849 The tassled scorpionfish, "Scorpaenopsis oxycephala", is a carnivorous
ray-finned fish with venomous spines that lives in the Indian and Pacific oceans.It can reach a maximum length of 36 cm and can vary considerably in color. Adults are bearded with a number of tassles below the jaw.
They inhabit reef slopes from only 1 meter to a depth of 35 meters. When in shallow waters, swimmers may accidentally tread on them which may cause painful injury from the venomous spines.
References
*
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.