scorpaenid
Noun
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Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific (synset 102645274)
is a type of: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony platessubtypes:
- scorpion fish, scorpionfish, sea scorpion - marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
- lionfish - brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins
- stonefish, synanceja verrucosa - venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock
- rockfish - marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
belongs to: family scorpaenidae, scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishessame as: scorpaenid fish
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