Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Neomerinthe

(See list of species below)


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12 species (see list below)
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Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 16.2 cm SL
Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps (Fowler, 1938)

Photo by Photo by CSIRO
 
Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps
[Orange scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm TL
 
Neomerinthe bauchotae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.5 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe beanorum
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 11.6 cm SL
Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896)

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Neomerinthe erostris
[Round scorpionfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 59 cm TL
Neomerinthe folgori (Postel & Roux, 1964)

Photo by Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Neomerinthe folgori
[Folger's scorpionfish]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Neomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935

Photo by Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Neomerinthe hemingwayi
[Spinycheek scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe kaufmani
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938)

Photo by Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Neomerinthe megalepis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe naevosa
[Blotched Polynesian scorpionfish]
No picture found
 
Neomerinthe pallidimacula
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7.1 cm SL
Neomerinthe procurva Chen, 1981

Photo by Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Neomerinthe procurva
[Curvedspine scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe rufescens
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps Orange scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 16.2 SL 1938
Neomerinthe bauchotae Indian Ocean 10.1 TL 1991
Neomerinthe beanorum Western Central Atlantic 15.5 SL 1900
Neomerinthe erostris Round scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific Ocean 11.6 SL 1896
Neomerinthe folgori Folger's scorpionfish Eastern Atlantic 59 TL 1964
Neomerinthe hemingwayi Spinycheek scorpionfish Western Atlantic 40 TL 1935
Neomerinthe kaufmani Western Pacific 10.9 SL 1952
Neomerinthe megalepis Western Pacific 9.4 SL 1938
Neomerinthe naevosa Blotched Polynesian scorpionfish Eastern Central Pacific 7.6 SL 2011
Neomerinthe pallidimacula Western Central Pacific 1938
Neomerinthe procurva Curvedspine scorpionfish Western Pacific 7.1 SL 1981
Neomerinthe rufescens Eastern Central Pacific 10 SL 1905



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