Scorpaenopsis diabolus

Scorpaenidae
False Stonefish, Devil Scorpionfish, False Scorpionfish, False Stonefish
  • Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Lorde Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Lorde Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Sulawesi, Indonesia,
    Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Sulawesi, Indonesia,
  • Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Indonesia,
    Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Indonesia,
  • Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Large, humped shoulder behind head. Colour variable, and body often covered with fine filaments giving a fuzzy or 'silty' appearance, but often with darker red-brown oblique band behind pectoral fin and hump.   
Information
  • Max Size: 30 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 19.8-30.8°C
  • Depth: 1-70m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Soft sediment
Rarity
  • IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (1% of sites)
    Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
  • Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
    Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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