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Poisson scorpion - Ras Marovie - Oman Sea

SCORPAENOPSIS LACTOMACULATA - (Herre, 1945)

Whiteblotched scorpionfish
Max length : 28.0 cm

Short description
Fourth or fifth dorsal spine usually longest (2.05-2.5) in head; occipital pit absent or very shallow; snout very long (2.7-3.0 in head length); space between opercular spines naked; first dorsal spine short (1.8-2.5) in length of second spine; supraocular and postocular spines broadly joined in adults (only tip of supraocular spine showing) and flaring outward to form a shelf over posterior half of eye