Biology:Parascorpaena mossambica

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Parascorpaena mossambica
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P. mossambica
Binomial name
Parascorpaena mossambica
(W. K. H. Peters, 1855)

Parascorpaena mossambica, the Mozambique scorpionfish, is a species of Scorpionfish native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to Micronesia. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2]

See also

  • List of marine aquarium fish species

References

  1. Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. 2016. Parascorpaena mossambica . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69798315A69800972. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69798315A69800972.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Parascorpaena mossambica" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1045116 entry