Species: Taenianotus triacanthus, Leaf scorpionfish
very compressed deep
D XII, sail-like, high at front
Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Leaf scorpionfish
Head and body deep, highly compressed; no spines under eye; mouth oblique; one dorsal fin, its origin over rear edge of eye, fin high and sail-like, with XII spines, second 2-3 highest, almost no notch between spines and rays, 10-11 rays, last ray attached to inner half of top of tail fin; scales in form of small, spiny papillae; pectorals a large fan; anal III, 6; tail fin rounded; lateral line continuous.
Variously mottled with tan, yellow, cream, red, brown, black.
Size: 10 cm.
Habitat: demersal, sand, rock, coral and algal bottoms.
Depth: 5-135 m.
Indo-Pacific; vagrant in the Galapagos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Submerged vegetation
- Corals
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 135
