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Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829)

False stonefish
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from northern (occasionally found in Shihman and commonly in Yehliu (Ref. 43538)), southern, and western Taiwan (including Yun-gan (Ref. 43515) and Hsiao-liu-chiu) and from the Penghu (Ref. 55073), Lanyu and Green islands (Ref. 48445, 48451). Collected from Sha-toa and Ch'uan-fan-shih (Ref. 42181). Also Ref. 36073, 43515, 47843.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaenopsis: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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


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