Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Spiny Devilfish
Inimicus didactylus
Spiny Devilfish
Also known as: Devil Stinger, Bearded Ghoul
Category: Stonefishes
Scientific Name: Inimicus didactylus
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Depth: 15-130 ft. (5-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Australia
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
       └Inimicus (Genus)
        └I. didactylus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 212580🔗
iNaturalist ID: 64500🔗

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