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Blacklash scorpionfish
Pontinus nigerimum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blacklash scorpionfish
- Scientific
- Pontinus nigerimum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 16 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2015
Description
A small, probably reddish scorpionfish with a large tentacle above the eye, reaching about 16 cm. It is known from a single specimen.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pontinus-nigerimum.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Rascasse_(Pontinus_nigerimum)_(Ifremer_00764-87598).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.