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Simone Carletti, license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:
Scorpaeninae
Genus:
Scorpaena
Species:
scrofa
Common:
Red scorpionfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Southeast
Indian Ocean, Western
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Bolgan, M., Soulard, J., Di Iorio, L., Gervaise, C., Lejeune, P., Gobert, S., Parmentier, E. 2019. Sea Chordophones Make the Mysterious /Kwa/ Sound: Identification of the Emitter of the Dominant Fish Sound in Mediterranean Seagrass Meadows. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(11).
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