Anilao Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)

This page illustrates the lionfish and scorpionfish we photographed on several dive trips to Anilao, Philippines. It is not a complete listing of the Scorpaenidae that occur there but shows only those for which we happened to get photos.

Lionfish (Pteroinae)

Dendrochirus zebra	Nemapterois biocellatus	Neochirus brachyptera
Parapterois heterura	Pterois russelli	Pterois volitans
Pterois volitans	Pteropterus antennatus

Scorpionfish (Scorpaeninae)

Many of the scorpionfish are highly variable and many of our IDs are tentative. Some such as the various Scorpaenopsis species we figure could be variations of each other.

Parascorpaena sp. 1	Pteroidichthys amboinensis	Rhinopias eschmeyeri
Rhinopias frondosa	Rhinopias frondosa	Scorpaenodes parvipinnis
Scorpaenodes? sp. 1	Scorpaenopsis diabolis	Scorpaenopsis obtusa
Scorpaenopsis oxycephala	Scorpaenopsis cf papuensis	Scorpaenopsis venosa
Scorpaenopsis sp. 1	Scorpaenopsis sp. 2	Scorpaenopsis sp. 3
Scorpaenopsis sp. 4	Scorpaenopsis sp. 5	Scorpaenopsis sp. 6
Scorpaenopsis sp. 7	Scorpaenopsis sp. 8	Scorpaenopsis sp. 9
Scorpaenopsis sp. 10	Scorpaenopsis sp. 11	Sccorpaenopsis sp. 12
Sebastapistes strongia	Taenianotus triacanthus	Scorpaenidae sp. 1
Scorpaenidae sp. 2	Scorpaenidae sp. 3

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