WoRMS taxon details

Rhinopias frondosa (Günther, 1892)

218087  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218087)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena frondosa Günther, 1892) Günther, A. (1892). Description of a remarkable fish from Mauritius, belonging to the genus Scorpaena. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1891 (pt 4): 482-483, Pl. 39. [details] 
Description Found in rocky or coralline habitats near algae where it camouflages itself, at depths from 13 to 90 m. Hunts prey at night...  
Description Found in rocky or coralline habitats near algae where it camouflages itself, at depths from 13 to 90 m. Hunts prey at night like other species of scorpaenids, feeding on fish and small invertebrates. Venomous spines. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Rhinopias frondosa (Günther, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218087 on 2024-11-03
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of Scorpaena frondosa Günther, 1892) Günther, A. (1892). Description of a remarkable fish from Mauritius, belonging to the genus Scorpaena. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1891 (pt 4): 482-483, Pl. 39. [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Found in rocky or coralline habitats near algae where it camouflages itself, at depths from 13 to 90 m. Hunts prey at night like other species of scorpaenids, feeding on fish and small invertebrates. Venomous spines. [details]
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English weedy scorpionfish  [details]
Japanese ボロカサゴ  [details]