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Ocellated waspfish

Characteristics

  • Usually occurs singly.
  • Often lies motionless on the sea bottom with pectoral fins folded. Pectoral fins are displayed as the fish swims away when threatened or startled.
  • Spine venomous.

Description

  • Body pinkish brown dorsally, white ventrally.
  • A black spot on mid-dorsal fin.
  • Pectoral fins large and wing-like, and yellow with white margins.
  • A few barbels on chin.

Common Name: Ocellated waspfish

Family Common Name: Wasp Scorpionfishes

Family: Apistidae

Scientific Name: Apistus carinatus___(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Genus: Apistus

Maximum Length: 20 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Ocellated waspfish

Related fish

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