Northern Scorpionfish (Parascorpaena picta)

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Subject:	Northern Scorpionfish (Parascorpaena picta)
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Scorpaena Stokesii (Discoveries in Australia).jpg

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Northern Scorpionfish (Parascorpaena picta)

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This is an image entitled "Scorpaena Stokesii" from Volume 1 of John Lort Stokes' 1846 book Discoveries in Australia. The fish species depicted is now known as Parascorpaena picta.
Date 1846
Source From the Project Gutenberg online edition of the work. The image is available at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12115/12115-h/stokes1-23.jpg.
Author "Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers."
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpaena_Stokesii_(Discoveries_in_Australia).jpg

Parascorpaena picta, the Northern Scorpionfish, is a species of scorpionfish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Scorpaenidae.

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Scientific Name: Scorpaena onaria Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Common Names: Western Scorpionfish , Neglected Scorpionfish

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