Parascorpaena picta

Parascorpaena picta, the Northern Scorpionfish, is a species of scorpionfish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL.[2]

Parascorpaena picta
Scorpaena stokesii (syn. Parascorpaena picta) from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:
Scorpaeninae
Genus:
Parascorpaena
Species:
P. picta
Binomial name
Parascorpaena picta
(G. Cuvier, 1829)

References
  1. Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. 2016. Parascorpaena picta . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69798438A69800977. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69798438A69800977.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Parascorpaena picta" in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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