Scientific Name	Scorpaenopsis cirrosa   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Thunberg, 1793)	Depth	3 - 91M
Chinese	鬚擬鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	鬚擬鮋
Max Length	23.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	鬼石狗公、石獅子、虎魚、石崇、石狗公、沙薑虎、石降、過溝仔、臭頭格仔
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral	Holotype Locality	Miyake-jima Island, Izu Islands, Japan
Synonyms	Dendroscorpaena cirrhosa, Perca cirrosa, Scorpaena cirrhosa, Scorpaena izensis, Scorpaena leonina, Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa, Scorpaenopsis cirrhosus, Scorpaeopsis cirrhosa
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Randall, J. E. etc. 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0056944. ASIZP0058506. ASIZP0059375. ASIZP0059678. ASIZP0062423. ASIZP0062424. ASIZP0065025. ASIZP0074810. ASIZP0700295. ASIZP0802524. ASIZP0802639. ASIZP0912524. FRIP01009. FRIP03089. FRIP20224. FRIP21038. FRIP21202. FRIP21230. FRIP21481. FRIP22002. FRIP22120. NMMBP00729. NMMBP02735. NMMBP03165. NMMSTP00700. NMNSF00116. NMNSF00415. NMNSF00961. NTMP0903. NTMP1153. NTMP1278. NTUM01429. NTUM03430. NTUM03437. NTUM03476. NTUM03488. NTUM03489. ...List all 42 records...
Common Name	Scorpionfish; Weedy scorpionfish; Weedy stingfish; Frilly scorpionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 8-10(9) soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5 soft rays; pectoral fin with 17-18 soft rays; LLp 23-25; gill rakers 5-6+7-10=13-16. This genus differs from Scorpaena in lacking palatine teeth. Body color and markings show considerable variation. About one-fourth of eye projecting above dorsal profile of head; interorbital space hemispherical when viewed from front, and not deep, the maximum depth contained more than 3 times in orbit diameter; fourth or fifth dorsal spines usually longest (2.6-3.15 in head length); first dorsal spine 1.7-2.1 in second spine; snout length 2.8-3.05 in head length.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment; depth 3-91m. Body color will variate with depth and environment. Maximum size 23.1cm SL.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and China south to Hong Kong and northern Taiwan. Taiwan: sea around Taiwan, islands.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible. Spines with venom.