Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Striped Stinger
Minous trachycephalus
Striped Stinger
Also known as: Rbough-Head Stingfish
Category: Stonefishes
Scientific Name: Minous trachycephalus
Size: Up to 4.5 in. (12 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines
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
       └Minous (Genus)
        └M. trachycephalus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 215614🔗
iNaturalist ID: 64506🔗

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