Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Kellogg's scorpionfish
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Photo: Oliver Peebles Jenkins / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Jenkins, Oliver P. (1904) Report on Collections of Fishes Made in the Hawaiian Islands, with Descriptions of New Species, Bulletin of the United States Fish Com; Commons file: FMIB 41055 Sebastopsis kelloggi Jenkins, new species Type.jpeg

Kellogg's scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes kelloggi

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Kellogg's scorpionfish
Scientific
Scorpaenodes kelloggi
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes)
Maximum size
Up to about 5 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 6 to 24 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A tiny scorpionfish with a spotted tail, reaching about 5 cm, living in coral areas.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.