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Centrogenys
The false scorpionfish (Centrogenys vaigiensis), also known as prettyfins, is a species of ray-finned fish, one of three species in the genus Centrogenys, which is the only genus in the family Centrogenyidae. They are pale grey or brown and usually grow no longer than 25 cm (9.8 in). False scorpionfish are distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, bounded by the Ryukyu Islands of Japan to the north and Australia to the south, the Nicobar Islands to the west and New Guinea to the east.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
False Scorpionfish
speciesCentrogenys vaigiensis
Scaled False-scorpionfish
speciesCentrogenys pogonoskii
Large-headed False-scorpionfish
speciesCentrogenys algrahami
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 87282.