Tassled scorpionfish

Tassled scorpionfish

Taxobox
name = Tassled scorpionfish


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Scorpaenidae
genus = "Scorpaenopsis"
species = "S. oxycephala"
binomial = "Scorpaenopsis oxycephala"
binomial_authority = (Bleeker) 1849

The tassled scorpionfish, "Scorpaenopsis oxycephala", is a carnivorous ray-finned fish with venomous spines that lives in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

It can reach a maximum length of 36 cm and can vary considerably in color. Adults are bearded with a number of tassles below the jaw.

They inhabit reef slopes from only 1 meter to a depth of 35 meters. When in shallow waters, swimmers may accidentally tread on them which may cause painful injury from the venomous spines.

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