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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Synanceiinae
Etymology: Trachicephalus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: India to Indonesia, north to Hong Kong and southern China.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12 - 15.

Inhabits mud bottoms in estuaries. Also found in sand bottoms of estuaries and coastal waters in 2-25 m (Ref 90102).

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Poss, S.G., 1999. Scorpaenidae. Scorpionfishes (also, lionfishes, rockfishes, stingfishes, stonefishes, and waspfishes). p. 2291-2352. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. 2069-2790 p. (Ref. 39597)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 July 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 39597)

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)