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Scorpaenidae
longspine scorpionfish
Pontinus longispinis
Venomous spines on soft mud
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumlongspine scorpionfish is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 31.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Pontinus
- Maximum length
- 31.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Georgia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; not occurring in the West Indies.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
