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Scorpaenopsis cotticeps Fowler, 1938

Sculpin scorpionfish
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: off Tinakta Island, Tawi Tawi Islands, Sulu Archipelago. Also collected from Luzon, Batangas, Caban I.; Sulu Arch., Nord-Ubian; and, Negros, Dumaguete (Ref. 42181). Also Ref. 10895, 90102.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E and W.N. Eschmeyer, 2001
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaenopsis: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Fowler.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 70 m (Ref. 42181).   Subtropical

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