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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Neomerinthe

(See list of species below)


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11 species (see list below)

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Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 16.2 cm SL
Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps (Fowler, 1938)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps
[Orange scorpionfish]
No picture found
Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.1 cm TL
 
Neomerinthe bauchotae
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 15.5 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe beanorum
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 11.6 cm SL
Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896)

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Neomerinthe erostris
[Round scorpionfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 59 cm TL
Neomerinthe folgori (Postel & Roux, 1964)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Neomerinthe folgori
[Folger's scorpionfish]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Neomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935

Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Neomerinthe hemingwayi
[Spinycheek scorpionfish]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938)

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Neomerinthe megalepis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe naevosa
[Blotched Polynesian Scorpionfish]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neomerinthe pallidimacula
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7.1 cm SL
Neomerinthe procurva Chen, 1981

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Neomerinthe procurva
[Curvedspine scorpionfish]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Neomerinthe rufescens
[]
11 Species of Family Scorpaenidae with Genus Neomerinthe
(Scorpionfishes or rockfishes)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1938 Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps Orange scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 16.2 SL
1991 Neomerinthe bauchotae Indian Ocean 10.1 TL
1900 Neomerinthe beanorum Western Central Atlantic 15.5 SL
1896 Neomerinthe erostris Round scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific Ocean 11.6 SL
1964 Neomerinthe folgori Folger's scorpionfish Eastern Atlantic 59 TL
1935 Neomerinthe hemingwayi Spinycheek scorpionfish Western Atlantic 40 TL
1938 Neomerinthe megalepis Western Pacific 9.4 SL
2011 Neomerinthe naevosa Blotched Polynesian Scorpionfish Eastern Central Pacific 7.6 SL
1938 Neomerinthe pallidimacula Western Central Pacific
1981 Neomerinthe procurva Curvedspine scorpionfish Western Pacific 7.1 SL
1905 Neomerinthe rufescens Eastern Central Pacific 10 SL



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