Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific 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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
      └Synanceiidae (Family)
       └Synanceia (Genus)

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