Pontinus furcirhinus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Pontinus |
| Species: | P. furcirhinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Pontinus dubius Steindachner, 1902 | |
Pontinus furcirhinus is a species of scorpaenid fish, one of several known as "red scorpionfish". It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from northern Peru to Baja California, Mexico.[1] It lives at depths of 50–390 m (160–1,280 ft), and feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods and bony fishes.[1] It is "apparently a common species", and is gregarious.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Iwamoto, T.; Eschmeyer, W.; Alvarado, J. (2010). "Pontinus furcirhinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183281A8086198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183281A8086198.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Nicolas Bailly (2010). Nicolas Bailly (ed.). "Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Scorpaenidae
- Fish of Mexican Pacific coast
- Western Central American coastal fauna
- Fish of Colombia
- Fish of Ecuador
- Galápagos Islands coastal fauna
- Fish described in 1899
- Taxa named by Samuel Garman
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