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Family: Apistidae Wasp scorpionfishes



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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 19 cm SL
Apistops caloundra (De Vis, 1886)

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Apistops caloundra
[Short-armed waspfish]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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Apistus carinatus
[Ocellated waspfish]
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Cheroscorpaena tridactyla
[Humpback waspfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Apistops caloundra Short-armed waspfish Indo-West Pacific 19 SL 1886
Apistus carinatus Ocellated waspfish Indo-West Pacific 20 TL 1801
Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Humpback waspfish Western Central Pacific 1964



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