Red Sea stonefish

Red Sea stonefish

Taxobox


name = Red Sea Stonefish
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Synanceiidae
genus = "Synanceia"
species = "S. nana"
binomial = "Synanceia nana"
binomial_authority = Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973

Description

Length up to 13.5cm, described as "hazardous" due to the venom contained in its dorsal spines

Distribution

Western Indian Ocean: the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.

References

* Fishbase species 12085


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