Scorpaenopsis diabolus

False Stonefish | Devil Scorpionfish | False Scorpionfish | Scorpaenopsis diabolis
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Lorde Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus, adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Indonesia
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus, adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis diabolus

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 Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (1.2% 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