false scorpionfish

English

Etymology

From false +‎ scorpionfish, as opposed to the 'true' scorpionfishes in the family Scorpaenidae; whereas this species is in Centrogenyidae.

Noun

false scorpionfish (countable and uncountable, plural false scorpionfish or false scorpionfishes)

  1. Centrogenys vaigiensis, the only described species in the family Centrogenyidae, which very closely resemble scorpionfish.

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