Scorpaenidae

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Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden

Scorpaenidae - Scorpionfishes

Eastern Red Scorpionfish, Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner 1866

Fish publications - 2005

Sydney Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis insperatus Motomura, 2004

Bigeye Gurnard Perch, Maxillicosta lopholepis (Eschmeyer and Poss, 1976)

Fish publications - 2009

False Stonefish, Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829)

Synanceiidae - Stonefishes

Celebes Flathead, Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1854)

Fish publications - 2004

Little Gurnard Perch, Maxillicosta scabriceps Whitley, 1935

Cook’s Scorpionfish, Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson 1842

Fishes of Sydney Harbour