Image: Mozambique Scorpionfish at Lord Howe Island

Mozambique Scorpionfish at Lord Howe Island

A Mozambique Scorpionfish photographed in an aquarium. The fish was caught at low tide under rock in a pool on the southern reef flat, Lord Howe Island, 2 March 2006.

Photographer:
Geoff Kelly
Rights:
© Geoff Kelly
Common name:
Mozambique Scorpionfish
Scientific name:
Parascorpaena mossambica
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Order:
Scorpaeniformes

Additional information

Thank you to Dr Hiroyuki Motomura, Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, Japan, for identifying the fish.

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Parascorpaena mossambica, Mozambique Scorpionfish, Scorpaenidae,