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    Species Accepted

    Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)

    Golden Scorpionfish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
      Golden Scorpionfish English
      Mozambique scorpionfish English
      Poisson-scorpion du Mozambique French
      Scorfano del Mozambico Italian
      nohu tarao ray
      ropušnice mosambická Czech
      tagitagikaua Fijian
      ネッタイフサカサゴ Japanese
      獅甕 Chinese
      石狗公 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
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      Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco., Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=81
      Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. Bericht Über Die Zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen Der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften Zu Berlin, 1855: 428–466. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=487143
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/9741333
      Grove, S . J.; Little, M. C.; Reay, P. J. (1986). Tudor Creek Mombasa: the early life-history stages of fish and prawns 1985. Report of Overseas Development Administration Research Project R3888. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6037
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128
      FishBase
      Bacchet, P., Zysman, T. & Lefèvre, Y. 2016. Guide des Poissons de Tahiti et ses Iles. Quatrième édition revue et augmentée. Editions Au vent des Iles, Papeete. 645 pp.
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686

      Citation

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