Sculpin Scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis cotticeps

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

70 m

Description

Scorpaenopsis cotticeps is a specios of scorpionfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Description It has a mottled reddish-brown body, often with a broad pale bar on the body behind the soft dorsal and anal fins, and sometimes a pale 'saddle' on the back below the middle of the dorsal fin. Head profile bl... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Seychelles Indo-Pacific Lembeh Island Taiwan Sulawesi Island +10 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

brown

orange

red

Habitat and Environment

Mud and Sand

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Social Behaviour

Solitary

Venomous

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Danger to human

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