Parascorpaena mossambica
Parascorpaena mossambica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Genus: | Parascorpaena |
Species: | P. mossambica
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Binomial name | |
Parascorpaena mossambica (W. K. H. Peters, 1855)
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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]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Parascorpaena mossambica" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Parascorpaena mossambica" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Scorpaenidae
- Fish described in 1855
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
- Scorpaeniformes stubs