Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Synanceiidae Stonefishes
Subfamily: Minoinae
Genus: Minous

(See list of species below)

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12 species (see list below)

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Western Indian Ocean

Minous andriashevi
[]

Photo by Satapoomin, U.

Minous coccineus
[Onestick stingfish]

Photo by Iranian Fisheries Research Organization (IFRO)

Minous dempsterae
[Obliquebanded stingfish]

Photo by Osmany, H.B.

Minous inermis
[Alcock's scorpionfish]

No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.3 cm SL

Minous longimanus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Minous monodactylus
[Grey stingfish]

Photo by Murdy, E.O./Ferraris, C.J., Jr.

Minous pictus
[Painted stinger]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Minous pusillus
[Dwarf stingfish]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Minous quincarinatus
[]

Photo by Steene, R.

Minous trachycephalus
[Striped stingfish]

No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 13.8 cm SL

Minous usachevi
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Minous versicolor
[Plumstriped stingfish]

12 Species of Family Synanceiidae with Genus Minous
(Stonefishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1990	Minous andriashevi		Western Indian Ocean
1890	Minous coccineus	Onestick stingfish	Indo-West Pacific	10.5 TL
1979	Minous dempsterae	Obliquebanded stingfish	Western Indian Ocean	15 TL
1889	Minous inermis	Alcock's scorpionfish	Indian Ocean	14 TL
1908	Minous longimanus		Western Indian Ocean	10.3 SL
1801	Minous monodactylus	Grey stingfish	Indo-West Pacific	15 TL
1880	Minous pictus	Painted stinger	Indo-West Pacific	11 TL
1843	Minous pusillus	Dwarf stingfish	Western Pacific	7.5 TL
1943	Minous quincarinatus		Northwest Pacific	15 TL
1855	Minous trachycephalus	Striped stingfish	Western Pacific	12 TL
1993	Minous usachevi		Western Indian Ocean	13.8 SL
1910	Minous versicolor	Plumstriped stingfish	Indo-West Pacific	11 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: ScorpaeniformesFamily: Synanceiidae StonefishesSubfamily: MinoinaeGenus: Minous(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Synanceiidae Stonefishes
Subfamily: Minoinae
Genus: Minous

(See list of species below)