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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, One Tree I., Queensland and the Coral Sea, Chesterfield Is. (Ref. 42181). Also Timor Sea reefs (Ref. 90102).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001
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Poisson-scorpion de Poos, Delasiga, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaenopsis: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); possi: Named for S. G. Poss..
More on authors: Randall & Eschmeyer.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 55 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Polynesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42181)

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 24. An extra spine anterior to each tympanic spine, joined by a low ridge to postocular spine (absent in juveniles and southwest Pacific specimens from Fiji to southern Great Barrier Reef). Supraocular tentacles of adults absent or very small (Ref 42181)

Solitary on rock or coral bottoms in 1-40 m (Ref 90102). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 89972).

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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. (Ref. 42181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 29, mean 28 (based on 578 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00606 - 0.02615), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).

Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002