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scorpionfish:

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member of the family Sebastidae (rockfishes) according some authorities, but also classified as a member of the family Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes, lionfishes, and rockfishes) by other authorities, carnivorous fish inhabiting all seas and especially abundant in the
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The Biology, Behavior, and Taxonomy of Scorpionfish

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The bluemouth rockfish, Helicolenus dactylopterus, is a medium sized deep-sea scorpionfish widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean, Southern Indian Ocean and Mediterranean basin, where it plays an important ecological role in deep-sea fish communities on the coarse and mud- sandy bottoms of the continental shelf and mostly on the slope as deep as 1000 m (Eschmeyer, 1969).

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First, the waiter shows you a silver platter of whole, raw fish, including sea robin, conger eel and scorpionfish. Then the platter is taken back into the kitchen for the chef to prepare.

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Merlet's scorpionfish, from New Caledonia, has fleshy appendages, spines and ridges, making him prickily, poisonous and a devil to spot.

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Envenenamiento por pez escorpion (Scorpaena plumieri) en una comunidad pesquera y turistica de la peninsula de Paraguana, estado Falcon, Venezuela: aspectos clinicos, epidemiologicos y tratamiento

There are also over 3,500 species living in Indonesian waters, including sharks, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, morays, cuttlefish, octopus and scorpionfish, compared to 1,500 on the Great Barrier Reef and 600 in the Red Sea.

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Scorpionfish generally have 18 venomous spines in different locations on their body.

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A member of the scorpionfish family, this lionfish has a reservoir of venom at the base of each of its spines.