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548:(African spotted scorpionfish)
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802:Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus
1419:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
454:(Long-fingered scorpionfish)
1141:Zootaxa, 4067 (3): 345–360.
712:Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus
643:Scorpaenodes investigatoris
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365:this species from Western
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812:(Deep-reef scorpionfish)
697:Scorpaenodes parvipinnis
667:(Kellogg's scorpionfish)
616:Scorpaenodes immaculatus
562:(Englert's scorpionfish)
486:(Stellate scorpionfish)
473:Scorpaenodes barrybrowni
18:Scorpaenodes parvipinnis
827:Scorpaenodes varipinnis
817:Scorpaenodes tribulosus
780:(Steene's scorpionfish)
560:& G. R. Allen, 1971
526:Scorpaenodes corallinus
508:Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
491:Scorpaenodes bathycolus
440:Scorpaenodes albaiensis
379:Jean René Constant Quoy
70:Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
1137:Scorpaenodes guamensis
1114:, a Senior Synonym of
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954:"Species in the genus
848:(Rainbow scorpionfish)
785:Scorpaenodes steinitzi
707:(Low-fin scorpionfish)
683:Scorpaenodes muciparus
676:(J. L. B. Smith, 1958)
633:Scorpaenodes insularis
609:(J. L. B. Smith, 1957)
586:Scorpaenodes guamensis
539:Scorpaenodes elongatus
468:(Messina scorpionfish)
427:Scorpaenodes africanus
53:Scorpaenodes guamensis
1116:Sebastella littoralis
950:Eschmeyer, William N.
915:Eschmeyer, William N.
769:(Little scorpionfish)
657:Scorpaenodes kelloggi
605:Scorpaenodes hirsutus
553:Scorpaenodes englerti
349:, Bleeker designated
1112:Thysanichthys evides
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774:Scorpaenodes steenei
758:(Pygmy scorpionfish)
678:(Minor scorpionfish)
611:(Hairy scorpionfish)
600:(Guam scorpionfish)
361:. He had originally
351:Scorpaena polylepsis
249:J. L. B. Smith, 1958
991:Fishes of the World
763:Scorpaenodes smithi
744:Scorpaenodes scaber
567:Scorpaenodes evides
521:(Reef scorpionfish)
459:Scorpaenodes arenai
383:Joseph Paul Gaimard
375:Scorpaena guamensis
188:Scorpaena polylepis
51:Guam scorpionfish (
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838:Scorpaenodes xyris
672:Scorpaenodes minor
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1296:iNaturalist
1216:Wikispecies
1166:15 February
1027:15 February
973:15 February
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496:G. R. Allen
394:Scorpaenini
276:Sebastopsis
265:Sebastopsis
224:Metzelaaria
154:Scorpaenini
1403:Categories
896:References
875:caudal fin
863:dorsal fin
790:Klausewitz
703:A. Garrett
517:Hildebrand
300:of marine
254:Sebastella
209:Hypomacrus
808:Metzelaar
558:Eschmeyer
410:Scorpaena
398:subfamily
396:, in the
369:in 1851.
363:described
336:physician
100:Kingdom:
94:Eukaryota
1207:Q2206037
1201:Wikidata
1059:FishBase
867:anal fin
794:Frøiland
736:McCosker
721:Matsuura
649:Rama Rao
625:Collette
446:Evermann
359:monotypy
327:Taxonomy
313:Atlantic
213:Evermann
200:Synonyms
140:Family:
114:Chordata
110:Phylum:
104:Animalia
90:Domain:
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367:Sumatra
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298:genus
217:Seale
1335:NCBI
1322:ITIS
1283:GBIF
1262:4023
1257:BOLD
1168:2022
1094:ISBN
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996:ISBN
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