Minous monodactylus

Minous monodactylus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Minous
Species: M. monodactylus
Binomial name
Minous monodactylus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Minous monodactylus (Grey stingfish) (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) is a species of stingfish found in the Indo-Pacific particularly Red Sea, East Africa, Indonesia and Japan. It is found near shore and inhabits soft bottoms of the continental shelf. It is not evaluated by the IUCN or CITES and is venomous to humans.[1]


References

  1. "Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)". fishbase.org. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
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