Flasher Scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis macrochir
- Usual depth1–29 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonRare
About this species
The flasher scorpionfish, or rough humpback scorpionfish is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Flasher scorpionfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 15 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–29 m · Deepest record: 305 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Flasher Scorpionfish, Humpback Scorpionfish, Rough Humpbacked Scorpionfish
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Pez Escorpión Jorobado
- French
- Poisson-scorpion à larges nageoires
- Japanese
- Marusubekasago, マルスベカサゴ
- Simplified Chinese
- 大手擬鮋
Similar species
- Devil scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
- Bigmouth Scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis brevifrons
- hairy stingfish
Scorpaenopsis cirrosa
- Bandtail Scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis neglecta
- Smallscale Scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
- Papuan Scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis papuensis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 159 open-data records from 1902 to 2025.
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