Scientific Name	Minous coccineus   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Alcock, 1890	Depth	- 50M
Chinese	橙色虎鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	獨指虎鮋
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鬼虎魚、貓魚、魚虎、虎魚、石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Ganjam coast, 8 miles east-southeast of Kalingapatnam Light, India [Orissa State, India, Bay of Bengal, eastern Indian Ocean], Investigator station 90, depth 28-30 fathoms
Synonyms	Minous superciliosus, Minous trachycephalus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Eschmeyer, W.N., 1986. Scorpaenidae. p. 463-478. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin；Fishbase(2008)  Alcock, A. W. 1890 Smith, M. M. etc. 1986 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	NTUM06924. SU49442.
Common Name	Scarlet stinger; Onestick stingfish; Spotted stingfish; Eenstok-steekvis
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with X-XI spines and 11-12 soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 9-10 soft rays. Caudal fin with all gray. Characteristic black spots on inside of pectorals. With bladder. Body color varialbe. Back of doral fin with brown and white striated and elongated to back part.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment; depth range - 50 m. Taken in trawls at about 50 m. Max. size is 10.0 cm TL.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Durban, South Africa northwards; also in Red Sea, Arabian Sea, eastward to Gulf of Thailand and Taiwan. Reported as likely at Seychelles but Randall and van Egmond 1994 believe otherwise.
Utility	Not comemrcial food species.