Scientific Name	Scorpaenopsis vittapinna			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001	Depth	2 - 28M
Chinese	紋棘擬鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紋棘擬鮋
Max Length	6.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石獅子、虎魚、石崇、石狗公、沙薑虎、石降、過溝仔、臭頭格仔、石頭魚、硓[石古]魚(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Reef off Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 27-28 meters
Synonyms	Scorpaenopsis brevifrons
Reference	Motomura, H., M. Matsunuma & H. C. Ho, 2011. New records of three scorpaenid fishes (Teleostei: Scorpaenuformes) from Taiwan. J. Fish. Soc. Taiwan, 38(2): 97-107.
Specimen List	ASIZP0060748Paratype.
Common Name	Bigmouth scorpionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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