Parascorpaena mossambica

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Parascorpaena mossambica
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Parascorpaena
Species:
P. mossambica
Binomial name
Parascorpaena mossambica

Parascorpaena mossambica, the Mozambique scorpionfish, is a species of Scorpionfish native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to Micronesia. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2]

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  1. ^ Motomura, H.; Matsuura, K. (2016). "Parascorpaena mossambica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69798315A69800972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69798315A69800972.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Parascorpaena mossambica" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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