Scientific Name	Scorpaenodes guamensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)	Depth	0 - 5M
Chinese	關島小鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	關島小鮋
Max Length	14 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石狗公、石頭魚、虎魚(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats		Holotype Locality	Guam, Mariana Islands [western Pacific]
Synonyms	Scorpaena guamensis, Scorpaena polylepis, Scorpaenodes guamnsis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Goren, M. etc. 1983 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055173. ASIZP0055298. ASIZP0057367. ASIZP0057722. ASIZP0057723. ASIZP0057724. ASIZP0057725. ASIZP0057726. ASIZP0057727. ASIZP0057728. ASIZP0057729. ASIZP0057736. ASIZP0058363. ASIZP0058364. ASIZP0060753. ASIZP0062048. ASIZP0063478. ASIZP0063564. ASIZP0063574. ASIZP0064922. ASIZP0065734. ASIZP0071189. ASIZP0073181. ASIZP0073574. ASIZP0074513. ASIZP0075125. ASIZP0078426. ASIZP0800250. ASIZP0800886. ASIZP0805606. ASIZP0806123. ASIZP0807265. ASIZP0910250. ASIZP0910886. ASIZP0915606. ASIZP0916123. ASIZP0916819. ...List all 101 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2011-07-30,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,98%
Common Name	Guam scorpionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XIII spines and 8-9 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 4-5 soft rays; first pectoral fin with 18-19 soft rays; second pectoral fin with I spines and 5 soft rays. vertical scale rows 42-44. Small scorpion fish. Identified by the striped fins, radial lines around the eye, second anal fin spine less than 50 % of head length, a dark blotch on the posterior part of the gills operculum.
habitats	Inhabits reef-associated marine environment, depth 0-5 m. Found in rock crevices in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels. Usually caught in intertidal zone. Nocturnal feeds on small fish, shrimps, crabs, and polychaetes. With Venomous spines.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Pitcairn group, north to Izu Islands, south to New South Wales, Australia. Throughout Micronesia Taiwan: around Taiwan.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.