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Wispy waspfish

Characteristics

  • Spines are venomous.
  • There have been cases of its sting causing serious wounds leading to hospitalisation in Hong Kong.

Description

  • Body brownish.
  • Dark mottled pattern on body, which may have geographic variation.
  • Dorsal fin starts above eyes.
  • V-shaped notch between dorsal spines.

Common Name: Wispy waspfish

Family Common Name: Wasp Fishes

Family: Tetrarogidae

Scientific Name: Paracentropogon longispinis___(Cuvier, 1829)

Genus: Paracentropogon

Maximum Length: 13 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)
Wispy waspfish

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