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Flower Scorpionfish

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  • Recently, Flower scorpionfish has been found in Digha, West Bengal and Paradip in Odisha.

Image courtesy :DTE

About Flower scorpionfish

  • It is also known as Hoplosebastes Armatus and it belongs to the order of ray-finned fish that is also known as Scorpaeniforme. 
  • It was discovered in the Pacific Ocean off Japan almost a century ago in 1929.
  • A unique, lesser-known fish species that was till now thought to be found only in the Pacific Ocean has been found in the Indian Ocean too. 
  • The two specimens of Hoplosebastes were collected by scientists from the harbour of Digha in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur on February 12, 2019.
    • Two years after that discovery, scientists collected 22 other specimens from the waters off Paradeep in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on October 13, 2021.
    • The length of the species ranged from 75-127 mm, while its body width was from 14-22 mm. The head of the species was comparatively large and greater than the body.

Source: DTE

 
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