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Sculpin Scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis cotticeps

Seabook: Sculpin Scorpionfish

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Max Weight

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

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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