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scorpaenid fish - any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific | ||
scorpaenid | ||
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish fishes having the head armored with bony plates | ||
family scorpaenidae, scorpaenidae scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes | ||
scorpion fish, scorpionfish, sea scorpion marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines | ||
lionfish brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins | ||
stonefish, synanceja verrucosa venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock |