Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa) taken in Indonesia in 2008
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:
Scorpaeninae
Tribe:
Scorpaenini
Genus:
Rhinopias T. N. Gill, 1905
Type species
Scorpaena frondosa
Günther, 1893[1]
Synonyms[1]
Peloropsis Gilbert, 1905
Rhinopias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. The species in this genus are found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
^ abEschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scorpaenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
"Aquarium Fish: The Rhinopias Spp. – The Ultimate Scorpionfishes". advancedaquarist.com. Wikispecies has information related to Rhinopias. Rhinopias Cea...
change colors if a group of rhinopias are already present in a different color. Motomura, H.; Matsuura, K. (2016). "Rhinopias frondosa". IUCN Red List of...
species' existence and distinguished it from other members of the genus Rhinopias. Rhinopias eschmeyeri was first formally described in 1977 by the French speleologist...
genus Rhinopias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 February 2022. Randal, John E.; Louis H. DiSalvo (1997). "Rhinopias cea...
smaller fish (which is the most typical prey). Rhinopias aphanes is more active during the night. Rhinopias aphanes is a much sought after fish in the aquarium...
Rhinopias xenops, the strange-eyed scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This...
Rhinopias argoliba, the argoliba scorpionfish or Japanese scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the...
Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-19. "The Rhinopias spp. The Ultimate Scorpionfishes". Archived from the original on 2010-08-06...
Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley described a new species as Rhinopias godfreyi from Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia but this taxon is now...
and off Japan and it has been suggested that this taxon is a synonym of Rhinopias argoliba. Others treat it as a valid species and state that it is endemic...
genus Muhlenbergia. Bougainvillia frondosa, a hydrozoan invertebrate Rhinopias frondosa, a benthic marine fish in the Scorpionfish family Tritonia frondosa...
1848) (India to northern Australia and Melanesia) Weedy scorpionfish Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer, 1973 (Northeastern Australia, New Caledonis, New Guinea...
cephalopods, crustaceans, frogfish, harlequin ghost pipefish, small octopuses, rhinopias, sea horses, and soft coral crabs. Ombai Strait is also part of the Coral...
largely juveniles such as small species of shark, burrowing snake eels, Rhinopias eschmeyeri and R. frondosa, as well as a number of other species of scorpionfishes...
Cephalopods, crustaceans, frogfish, harlequin ghost pipefish, small octopuses, rhinopias, sea horses, and soft coral crabs encompass some of the other sea life...
nigerimum Eschmeyer, 1983 (one specimen off Natal) Popeyed scorpionfish Rhinopias frondosa (Günther, 1891) (Durban north along African coast and east to...
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