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Scorpaenidae
Noline scorpionfish
Phenacoscorpius megalops
Deep Bodied Scorpionfish of the Hawaiian Islands
Noline scorpionfish is a marine fish found around Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 13.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Phenacoscorpius
- Maximum length
- 13.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Pacific: Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Hawaii; northernmost record Emperor Seamounts. Apparently restricted to the North Pacific (temperate to tropical) and reports from New Zealand and New Caledonia are based on misidentifications.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

