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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Setarchidae Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes
Genus: Lythrichthys

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5 species

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Max. Length 7.0 cm SL
 
Lythrichthys cypho
[Dwarf red deepwater scorpionfsh]
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Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
 
Lythrichthys dentatus
[Gap-toothed red deepwater scorpionfsh]
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Max. Length 17.6 cm SL
 
Lythrichthys eulabes
[Jordan's red deepwater scorpionfsh]
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Max. Length 14.7 cm SL
 
Lythrichthys grahami
[Graham's red deepwater scorpionfsh]
Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Lythrichthys longimanus (Alcock, 1894)
Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Lythrichthys longimanus
[Red deepwater scorpionfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lythrichthys cypho Dwarf red deepwater scorpionfsh Western Pacific 7.0 SL 1938
Lythrichthys dentatus Gap-toothed red deepwater scorpionfsh Western Pacific 12.3 SL 2021
Lythrichthys eulabes Jordan's red deepwater scorpionfsh Indo-West Pacific 17.6 SL 1904
Lythrichthys grahami Graham's red deepwater scorpionfsh Western Pacific 14.7 SL 2021
Lythrichthys longimanus Red deepwater scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 18 SL 1894



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