Hairy Scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes hirsutus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Scorpaenodes
Where to Find
Found in 27 diving areas across 18 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 24 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 9 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 8 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 14 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 3 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records