Paddle-flap scorpionfish
Amazing fact
The paddle-flap scorpionfish has a black spot on the soft-rayed part of its dorsal fin.
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The paddle-flap scorpionfish has a black spot on the soft-rayed part of its dorsal fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Paddle-flap scorpionfish
- Scientific name
- Rhinopias eschmeyeri
- Japanese name
- ホウセキカサゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Rhinopias
It lives in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, and has a big mouth and flaps of skin.
How the Paddle-flap scorpionfish lives
It lives on the seabed in sandy areas of coral reefs.
Australian MuseumBasic data
- Range
- Indian Ocean and western Pacific
Where the Paddle-flap scorpionfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ホウセキカサゴ
- 简体中文
- 埃氏吻鲉
- 繁體中文
- 埃氏吻鮋
- 한국어
- 라이노피아
- Español
- Pez escorpión de Eschmeyer
- Français
- Rhinopias d'Eschmeyer
- Deutsch
- Mauritius-Skorpionsfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-escorpião-imperador
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ホウセキカサゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- Australian Museum — Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish, Rhinopias eschmeyeriChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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