Diagnostic Description
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Lachrymal spines 2 (Ref. 37816).Description: Characterized by red to brownish color with white blotches and bars, often with broad zone of white across nape to pectoral region; lower jaw with dark and light bars; ctenoid scales; presence of palatine teeth; low spines on top of head; absence of occipital pit; no coronal spines; prominent head pores; tentacle above eye often present; depth of body 2.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found inshore (Ref. 75154).
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- Auda Kareen Ortañez
Biology
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Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 89972). A nocturnal species. Solitary and cryptic (Ref 90102).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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分布於印度-太平洋海域：由紅海與東非到社會群島，北至台灣，南至澳洲的昆士蘭省。
利用
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除學術研究外，經濟價值不大。
描述
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體中長，稍低矮，側扁，長橢圓形。頭大，略側扁。眼較大，上側位，眼球高達頭背緣；口中大，端位，斜裂，上下頷等長，上頷骨延伸至眼眶後緣下方。上下頷、鋤骨及腭骨具細齒，鋤骨齒群左右相連呈人字狀。鼻棘1個，尖銳，位於前鼻孔內側。淚骨中大，外側無稜與棘，下緣中葉與後葉各具1棘。眼眶下具第一至第四眶下骨，無第五眶下骨；第一眶下骨狹長，下稜具1棘，第二眶下骨上稜具2棘，第四眶下骨微小且游離。前鰓蓋骨5棘；鰓蓋骨具2叉向稜，後端各具1棘。下鰓蓋骨及間鰓蓋骨無棘。顱骨棘與稜尖銳。側篩骨光滑，具1眼前棘。額骨光滑，眶上稜高凸，具眼上棘與眼後棘各1個。鼓棘1棘。頂骨光滑，頂棘及頸棘各1個。眼後至側線前端具蝶耳棘2個、翼耳棘1個、後顳顬棘具3棘，上方前後各1個，下方具1棘，肩胛棘1個；胸鰭基部上方具1脈棘。吻背部具橫凹，眼間隔凹入，額稜間具深溝，後方無頂枕窩。前鼻孔後緣具羽狀皮瓣。除了眼後棘、鼓棘及頸棘無皮瓣外，頭部各骨棘大多具皮瓣，體側及側線前半部具數個羽狀皮瓣。鱗中大，櫛鱗；各鰭部無鱗。側線上側位，斜直，末端延伸至尾鰭基部。背鰭起始於鰓蓋骨上棘前上方，硬棘與鰭條有鰭膜相連，硬棘部的基底長於軟條部的基底，第四-5硬棘最長，具硬棘
XII，軟條
9；臀鰭起始於背鰭軟條部前端下方，鰭長度較背鰭軟條短，鰭條延伸稍超過背鰭基部，具硬棘
III，軟條5；胸鰭寬大，下側位，無鰭條分離，延伸至肛門，軟條15-17，具2不分枝，5-7分枝，8-10不分枝鰭條；腹鰭胸位，具硬棘
I，軟條5；尾鰭圓形。體褐黃色，體側與各鰭部具不規則雲狀斑紋。以前所記載之貝諾鱗頭鮋/Sebastapistes
bynoensis/為本種之誤鑑。(李承運、林沛立2012/11編寫)
棲地
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本種棲息於潟湖及珊瑚平台，沙地與珊瑚碎石粒混和地形。具偽裝能力，時常隱藏身體而不容易被發現，藉以守株待兔般快速捕捉過往之小魚與甲殼動物為食，夜行性。背鰭鰭棘下具毒腺，是海中危險生物。
Barchin scorpionfish
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The barchin scorpionfish (Sebastapistes strongia) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It comes from the Indo-Pacific. The species is commonly seen in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels.
Taxonomy
The barchin scorpionfish was first formally described as Scorpaena strongia in 1829 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as Kosrae in the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.[4] Cuvier described the species Scorpaena laniara in the same publication but S. strongia is accepted as the senior synonym through widespread usage and is the valid name for this taxon.[5] When the American ichthyologist Theodore Gill described the genus Sebastapistes in 1877 he included 3 species within it but did not designate a type species and in 1898 David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann designated Scorpaena strongia as the type species.[6] The specific name strongia refers to the type locality of Kosrae, which used to be called Strong's Island.[7]
Description
The barchin scorpionfish has 12 spines and 8 or 9 soft rays in its dorsal fin and 3 spines and 5 soft rays in its anal fin. This species ahs 2 lachrymal spines. It has a maximum published total length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in).[3] There are stripes radiating out of the large eyes and there are sometimes branched cirri above the eyes. The overall colour is brown to reddish brown, with brown, white and black mottling.[8]
Distribution and habitat
The barchin scorpionfish has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution from the Red Sea and the eastern coast of Africa as far south a South Africa east through the Indian and Pacific Oceans to the Society Islands, north to Japan and south to Australia.[1] It is found in shallo waters down to 37 m (121 ft) but it is typically found in water less than 3 m (9.8 ft) deep in mixed sand and rubble area of reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels.[3]
Biology
The barchin scorpionfish is a solitary nocturnal ambush predator, feeding on small fishes and crustaceans.[1]
Utilisation
The barchin scorpion is a rare species in the aquarium trade.[9]
References
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^ a b c Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. (2016). "Sebastapistes strongia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69920296A70010045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69920296A70010045.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ Nicolas Bailly (2008). "Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Sebastapistes strongia" in FishBase. August 2021 version.
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^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sebastapistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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^ Hiroyuki Motomura; Phillipe Béarez & Romain Causse (2011). "Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe" (PDF). Cybium. 35 (1): 35–73.
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^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scorpaenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (2 October 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 9): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Family Scorpaenidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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^ "Sebasapites strongia". Reef Life Survey. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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^ Bob Goemans (2012). "Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) Barchin Scorpionfish". Saltcorner | Fish Library. Bob Goemans. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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Barchin scorpionfish: Brief Summary
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The barchin scorpionfish (Sebastapistes strongia) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It comes from the Indo-Pacific. The species is commonly seen in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels.
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Description
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Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Venomous spines. A nocturnal species.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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