Scorpion fish

Birch Aquarium in San Diego Ca. If attacked, a lion fish delivers a potent venom via its needle-like dorsal fins. Its sting is extremely painful to humans and can cause nausea and breathing difficulties, but is rarely fatal.

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California Scorpionfish Scorpaena guttata Physical Description Has a typical rockfish shape, with heavy body and strong head. Has a strong dorsal fin, with

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scorpionfish, also spelled scorpion fish, also called rockfish and stonefish, any of the numerous bottom-living marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae, especially those of the genus Scorpaena, widely distributed in temperate and tropical waters. Sometimes called rockfish or stonefish because they commonly live among rocks, scorpionfish are perchlike fish with large, spiny heads and strong, sometimes venomous, fin spines. The fin spines, with or without venom, can produce deep and painful…

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Eastern Red Scorpionfish, Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner 1866

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The Scorpion Fish is mostly found in Indo-Pacific waters and, as its name suggests, has a very nasty sting.

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Scorpion Fish