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Also Known As	scorpion fish • stonefish • Scorpaenidae • rockfish

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California scorpion fish (Scorpaena guttata)

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Scorpion fish (Scorpaenopsis vittapinna).

A rosy rockfish with orange and white markings rests among colorful sponges and corals on Cordell Bank, California.

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Illustration comparing the venom apparatus of three scorpaeniform fishes: a lionfish (Pterois) with a shallow channel and venom gland, a stonefish (Synanceja) with a venom duct and gland, and a scorpion fish (Scorpaena) with a shallow channel and venom gland, each labeled with anatomical features.

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