Scientific Name
Lioscorpius longiceps

Common Name
Slender scorpionfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 27; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6. Color in life pink, with 5 indefinite large dark blotches on the sides of the body: the first three below the spinous dorsal, one below the soft dorsal and one on the base of the caudal fin.

Classification

Classified By

G?nther, 1880

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes (Setarchidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: Japan to Western Australia.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

180 m

Depth To - meters

410 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 180 - 410 m (Ref. 11015)

Trophic Level

3.23 s.e. 0.42 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

13.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.7578 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Venomous

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated