Sebastapistes strongia

Barchin Scorpionfish
Sebastapistes strongia
Sebastapistes strongia, adult, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Sebastapistes strongia
Sebastapistes strongia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Sebastapistes strongia
Sebastapistes strongia

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Large eyes with radiating stripes, sometimes with branched cirri above. Brown to reddish brown, mottled with brown, white and black. Similar S. mauritiana (Spineblotch Scorpionfish) lacks stripes on eye and has dark scale edges.


Information

Max Size: 6 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 19.8-29.5°C

Depth: 0-37m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (2.9% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland