Species: Pontinus furcirhinus, Red scorpionfish
Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899
Red scorpionfish
Relatively slender, body compressed; head compressed, very bony, with numerous spines; nape flat; without pit behind eyes; eye large (24-32% of head length); eye cirrus slender and pointed (when present); uppermost preopercular spine longest; teeth on roof of mouth at sides but not at front; slit present behind last gill arch; 13 gill rakers; dorsal XII, 3rd much longer than others, 2nd not elongate, 8-9 rays, last divided to its base, not attached to body; anal III,4; pectoral with longest rays in center, 17-19 rays, all unbranched; scales rough, present on cheek, behind eye and on chest; lateral line complete, 24-29 scales with tubes.
Red; dark brown and olive spotting on upper body and on dorsal and tail fins; a few dark spots on pectoral.
Size: 33.2 cm.
Habitat: hard and soft bottoms.
Depth: 50-390 m.
Southern Baja and the western and lower eastern Gulf of California to Peru; Cocos, the northern Galapagos and Malpelo.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Rocks
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 33.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 50
- Depth Range Max
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- 390
