Parascorpaena mossambica

Parascorpaena mossambica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Parascorpaena
Species: P. mossambica
Binomial name
Parascorpaena mossambica
(W. K. H. Peters, 1855)


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.[1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Parascorpaena mossambica" in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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