Ambon scorpionfish

Taxobox

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image_width = 270px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Scorpaenidae
subfamilia = Scorpaeninae
genus = "Pteroidichthys"
species = "P. amboinensis"
binomial = "Pteroidichthys amboinensis"
binomial_authority = Bleeker, 1856

The Ambon scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis), is a scorpionfish native to the Indian and pacific oceans.

Physical description

The Ambon scorpionfish is shaggy, and can change its color for the ideal camouflage. It has a wide head with a large mouth, and large pectoral fins.

Range and habitat

The Ambon scorpionfish lives just offshore on the bottom of the ocean. The oceans in which it lives include: coasts on the west pacific, such as Australia and Fiji, coasts on the Indian Ocean, the Red sea, and the Yellow Sea.

Behavior

The Ambon scorpionfish is an ambush predator. It will camouflage itself, wait for some prey to come close in front of itself, and then lunge forward and inhale the prey.

References

* [http://www.fishbase.org/trophiceco/EcosysList.cfm?ID=23889&GenusName=Pteroidichthys&SpeciesName=amboinensis Fishbase on Pteroidichthys amboinensis]