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Spotted scorpionfish
Scorpaena plumieri
20.8398, -86.8878
Field Notes
Description:
Photo take at -45 ft in a Caribbean reef.
Body mottled in a wide range of brown colors, with a dusky band on the rear body. Often with large appendages or plumes above the eyes and numerous fleshy flaps on chin and head. Tail with three dark bars. Displays characteristic bright white spots on a dark background near the base of the pectoral fins when disturbed.
Size up to 45 cm.
Habitat:
Most of the time scorpionfish lie motionless on the bottom, where they are well camouflaged.
From Florida all the Caribbean to north Brazil.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 22, 2012
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