Leaf goblinfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Subfamily: | Tetraroginae |
Genus: | Neovespicula Mandritsa, 2001 |
Species: | N. depressifrons
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Binomial name | |
Neovespicula depressifrons (J. Richardson, 1848)
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The leaf goblinfish (Neovespicula depressifrons) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a waspfish belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae, which is classified as part of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. This is the only species in the monotypic genus Neovespicula. It is found in coastal habitats of the Indo-West Pacific region.