Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Pteroidichthys

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4 species (see list below)
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Photo by Motomura, H.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.1 cm SL
Pteroidichthys acutus Motomura & Kanade, 2015

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Pteroidichthys acutus
[Longsnout weedy scorpionfish]

Photo by Petrinos, C.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Pteroidichthys amboinensis Bleeker, 1856

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Pteroidichthys amboinensis
[Ambon scorpionfish]

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Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Pteroidichthys caussei Motomura & Kanade, 2015

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Pteroidichthys caussei
[Causse's scorpionfish]
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Max. Length 5.6 cm SL
 
Pteroidichthys noronhai
[Noronha's scorpionfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pteroidichthys acutus Longsnout weedy scorpionfish Western Pacific 4.1 SL 2015
Pteroidichthys amboinensis Ambon scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 12 TL 1856
Pteroidichthys caussei Causse's scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 4.5 SL 2015
Pteroidichthys noronhai Noronha's scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 5.6 SL 1938



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