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scorpionfish /ˈskɔːpɪənfɪʃ/noun (plural same or scorpionfishes)A chiefly bottom-dwelling marine fish which is typically red in colour and has spines on the head that are sometimes venomous.- Family Scorpaenidae: many genera and numerous species, including the redfishes and rockfishes.
The rocky reefs and the small caverns formed within them are home to groupers, moray and conger eels, scorpionfish, many octopus and the occasional spiny lobster....- Pterois volitans are differentiated from other scorpionfishes by having 13 rather than 12 poisonous dorsal spines and 14 long, feather-like pectoral rays.
- Scientists have observed a dolphin trying to get a reluctant moray eel to come out of its crevice by poking it with the spiny body of a dead scorpionfish.
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