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Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793) 
AphiaID: 218104

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Scorpaeninae (Subfamily) > Scorpaenopsis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (misspelling)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (Thunberg, 1793)
Rank Species
Parent Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English weedy stingfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218104
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-07-05 08:48:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-06-15 15:21:11Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218104 on 2013-06-19
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