Cheekspot scorpionfish
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The cheekspot scorpionfish has leaf-like appendages on its head.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Cheekspot scorpionfish
- Scientific name
- Scorpaenodes evides
- Japanese name
- イソカサゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Scorpaenodes
It is also listed under the scientific name Scorpaenodes littoralis.
It lives on coral reefs and rocky reefs from Japan's coasts across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
How the Cheekspot scorpionfish lives
It often hides beneath coral or in gaps between rocks.
宇久井ビジターセンターWhere the Cheekspot 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
- イソカサゴ
- 简体中文
- 日本小鲉
- 繁體中文
- 淺海小鮋
- 한국어
- 주홍감펭
- Español
- Thysanichthys evides
- Français
- Thysanichthys evides
- Deutsch
- Thysanichthys evides
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-pedra-joia
- Italiano
- Thysanichthys evides
- Русский
- Прибрежный скорпенодес
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 — イソカサゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — イソカサゴChecked: 2026-11-07
- Museums Victoria — Cheekspot Scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes evidesChecked: 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.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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