Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
      └Synanceiidae (Family)
       └Synanceia (Genus)

Bottom Dwellers
Stonefishes

Estuarine Stonefish

Reef Stonefish

Spiny Devilfish



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