Scorpionfishes: Lionfishes & Much More for Marine
Aquariums
Diversity, Selection & Care
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Subfamily Choridactylinae
(Inimicinae). Two genera, ten species.
Inimicus caledonicus (Sauvage 1878), the
Chinese Ghoul. Indo Pacific; Andaman Sea to Australia, PNG. To ten
inches in length. Easily missed due to its camouflage, but still
venomous. |
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Inimicus didactylus (Pallas 1769), the
Bearded Ghoul. Indo-West Pacific; Thailand to Vanuatu, up to China.
To eight and a half inches in length. Very venomous to the touch.
Aquarium photos. Below: Pix in N. Sulawesi. |
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Bigger PIX:
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linked to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed"
images to go to the larger size. |
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Inimicus filamentosus Cuvier 1829, Two-Stick
Stingfish, Red Sea Walkman... Western Indian Ocean; Red Sea, east
Africa to the Maldives. To ten inches in length. A fish that really
walks about... on its pelvic fin elements. This one strutting its
stuff in the Red Sea. |
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Scorpionfishes: Lionfishes & Much More for Marine
Aquariums
Diversity, Selection & Care
New eBook on Amazon: Available
here
New Print Book on Create Space: Available
here
by Robert (Bob) Fenner |
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