GUAM SCORPIONFISH

Scorpaenodes guamensis

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Scorpion fishes +
      - Scorpionfishes or rockfishes +
        
        Scorpaenodes +
        
        Guam scorpionfish
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Found in rock crevices in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels. Feeds mainly at night on small shrimps, crabs, and polychaetes. Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland (Ref. 57406).

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