Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Estuarine Stonefish
Synanceia horrida
Estuarine Stonefish
Category: Stonefishes
Scientific Name: Synanceia horrida
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 6-130 ft. (2-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Perciformes (Order)
      └Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
       └Synanceiidae (Family)
        └Synanceia (Genus)
         └S. horrida (Species)

Bottom Dwellers
Stonefishes

Estuarine Stonefish

Reef Stonefish

Spiny Devilfish



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