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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Pteroinae
Genus: Brachypterois

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Naranji, M.K. & S. Kandula

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8.6 cm SL
Brachypterois curvispina Matsunuma, Sakurai & Motomura, 2013

Photo by Naranji, M.K. & S. Kandula
 
Brachypterois curvispina
[Australian sawcheek scorpionfish]

Photo by Steene, R.

Northwestern Pacific

Brachypterois serrulata (Richardson, 1846)

Photo by Steene, R.
 
Brachypterois serrulata
[Sawcheek scorpionfish]

Photo by Naranji, M.K. & S. Kandula

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15.5 cm TL
Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938

Photo by Naranji, M.K. & S. Kandula
 
Brachypterois serrulifer
[Sawmaxilla scorpionfish]
3 Species of Family Scorpaenidae with Genus Brachypterois
(Scorpionfishes or rockfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2013 Brachypterois curvispina Australian sawcheek scorpionfish Western Pacific 8.6 SL
1846 Brachypterois serrulata Sawcheek scorpionfish Northwestern Pacific
1938 Brachypterois serrulifer Sawmaxilla scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 15.5 TL



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