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Minous monodactylus

(Minous monodactylus)

Description

Minous monodactylus (grey stingfish) (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) is a species of stingfish found in the Indo-Pacific particularly Red Sea, East Africa, Indonesia and Japan. It is found near shore and inhabits soft bottoms of the continental shelf. It is not evaluated by the IUCN or CITES and is venomous to humans.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Synanceiidae
Genus:Minous
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