Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Reef Stonefish
Synanceia verrucosa
Reef Stonefish
Category: Stonefishes
Scientific Name: Synanceia verrucosa
Size: Up to 15 in. (38 cm)  
Depth: 10-80 ft. (3-25 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
      └Synanceiidae (Family) Stonefishes
       └Synanceia (Genus)
        └S. verrucosa (Species)
WoRMS ID: 215627🔗
iNaturalist ID: 64490🔗

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