SCORPAENIFORMES

Yugoslavia 1956Vietnam 1984Vietnam 1984Australia 1986
Largescaled Scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa
(Scorpaenidae)
Lionfish
Pterois lunulata
(Scorpaenidae)
Russell's Lionfish
Pterois russelli
(Scorpaenidae)
Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra
(Scorpaenidae)
SanMarino 1966West Germany 1964Faroe Islands 2006Peru 1972
Decoy Scorpionfish
Iracundus signifer
(Scorpaenidae)
Rosefish
Sebastes marinus
(Scorpaenidae)
Deepwater Redfish
Sebastes mentella
(Scorpaenidae)
Red Scorpionfish
Pontinus furcirhinus
(Scorpaenidae)
Australia 1986Australia 1985Hungary 1997
Reef Stonefish
Synanceia verrucosa
(Synanceiidae)
Red Velvet Fish
Gnathanacanthus goetzeei
(Gnathanacanthidae)
European Bullhead
Cottus gobio
(Cottidae)


Singapore 1976 COPPER-NICKELPapua NewGuinea 1975 BRONZE
Broadbarred Firefish
Pterois antennata
(Scorpaenidae)
(LOPHIIFORMES)
Ornate Butterfly Codfish
Pterois volitans
(Scorpaenidae)
(LOPHIIFORMES)

Lionfish
Pterois lunulata
(Scorpaenidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)
Red Gurnard
Chelidonichthys spinosus
(Triglidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)
Eastern Spiny Gurnard
Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica
(Triglidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)
Fourspine Sculpin
Cottus kazika
(Cottidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)
Deep-sea Blob Sculpin
Psychrolutes phrictus
(Psychrolutidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)
Snailfish
Careproctus trachysoma
(Liparidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)
Hadal Snailfish
Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis
(Liparidae)
(SCORPAENIFORMES)


Bullhead belonging to Scorpaeniformes usually stands still, but it jumps when it finds the minimus becoming the bait and drink it at a single draft. It opens a big pectoral when it feels danger and take the flushing action to threaten an enemy. In the bottom of the pectoral, there is three pairs of isolated soft stripe muscle which soft stripe muscle of the pectoral front part is divided, and was made and moves like a finger independently. This has a sensory organ not only it is used the bottom of the sea for crawling and works to distinguish the bait of the in a desert.

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