| Family: | Plectrogenidae () |
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| Order: | Scorpaeniformes (scorpionfishes and flatheads) | |||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||
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| Max. size: | 6.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1690) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 250 – 650 m | |||
| Climate: | deep-water | |||
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Indo-Pacific. | |||
| Morphology: | Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 26. Presence of very well developed flat spines on suborbital ridge; a number of extra spines on head, particularly on lachrymal bone and above orbits (Ref. 10482). | |||
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| Red List Status: | Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073) | |||
| Dangerous: | venomous , Nelson, J.S.. 1994 | |||
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