Scorpaenopsis cirrosa, the weedy stingfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan and China south to Hong Kong and northern Taiwan.[2]

Weedy stingfish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Scorpaenopsis
Species:
S. cirrosa
Binomial name
Scorpaenopsis cirrosa
(Thunberg, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Perca cirrosa Thunberg, 1793
  • Dendroscorpaena cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793)
  • Scorpaena cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793)
  • Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793)
  • Scorpaenopsis cirrhosus (Thunberg, 1793)
  • Scorpaeopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793)
  • Scorpaena leonina Richardson, 1846[1]

Description

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This species reaches a length of 23.1 cm (9.1 in). [3]

References

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  1. ^ Richardson, J. 1846 (June/July) [ref. 3742], Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]: 187-320.
  2. ^ Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001. Revision of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scopaenopsis, with descriptions of eight new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (34):79 p.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scorpaenopsis cirrosa". FishBase. February 2015 version.