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Updated 4/18/2020

Family Scorpaenidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Synanceia verrucosa

Wakatobi, Indonesia

STONEFISH

Uncommon in caverns, rubble, or sand at any depth.  Eyes are not strongly elevated as in Synanceia horrida.  Color matches its surroundings.  Delivers a potentially fatal sting.  Attains 15 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, and French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.