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Inimicus
Inimicus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, it is one of two genera in the tribe Choridactylini, one of the three tribes which are classified within the subfamily Synanceiinae within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. These venomous, benthic fishes are found on sandy or silty substrates of lagoon and seaward reefs, in coastal regions of tropical oceans. The ten described species are collectively known by various common names, including ghoul, goblinfish, sea goblin, spiny devilfish, stinger, and stingfish.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Devil Stinger
speciesInimicus didactylus
Two-stick Stingfish
speciesInimicus filamentosus
Demon Stingerfish
speciesInimicus caledonicus
Spotted Stingerfish
speciesInimicus sinensis
Inimicus japonicus
speciesInimicus japonicus
Inimicus cuvieri
speciesInimicus cuvieri
Inimicus brachyrhynchus
speciesInimicus brachyrhynchus
Inimicus smirnovi
speciesInimicus smirnovi
Inimicus gruzovi
speciesInimicus gruzovi
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64501.