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Family Synanceiidae - Stonefishes

Order:

Scorpaeniformes

Class:

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

No. of Genera:

No. of Species:

Environment:

Fresh: Yes Brackish: Yes Marine: Yes

Aquarium:

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First Fossil Record:

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Remark:

Distribution: Indo-Pacific. No free pectoral rays; skin glands present, appearing as 'warts' in most species; dorsal fin with 11-17 spines and 4-14 soft rays; anal fin with 2-4 spines and 4-14 soft rays; pelvic fin with one spine and 3-5 soft rays; pectoral fin rays 11-10; vertebrae 23-30. Venom glands present near base of hypodermiclike dorsal fin spines. The neurotoxin of these fishes is the most deadly of the fish venoms and can be fatal to humans. Species camouflage as rocks. Mainly marine, but some species are known from rivers. We include here Nelson's (1994) Minoinae and Choridactylinae.

Etymology:

Greek, syn, sym = all together, united + Greek, agkos, -eos = curved, bent ( Ref. 45335).

Division:

Marine

Main Ref.:

Nelson, J.S..1994

Coordinator:

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