Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Estuarine Stonefish
Synanceia horrida
Estuarine Stonefish
Category: Stonefishes
Scientific Name: Synanceia horrida
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 6-130 ft. (2-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-West 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
       └Synanceia (Genus)
        └S. horrida (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276862🔗
iNaturalist ID: 64491🔗

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