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title: "Devil Scorpionfish"
description: "Scorpaenopsis diabolus — Fish. Scorpaenopsis diabolus, the false stonefish, false scorpionfish or the devil scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/devil-scorpionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Devil Scorpionfish

> Scorpaenopsis diabolus — Fish. Scorpaenopsis diabolus, the false stonefish, false scorpionfish or the devil scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.

- Scientific name: *Scorpaenopsis diabolus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1748
- Wikidata: [Q999434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999434)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119419](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119419)

## Names

- en: Devil Scorpionfish
- de: Buckel-Drachenkopf
- es: Pez Escorpión Diablo
- fr: Poisson-scorpion diable
- nl: Valse steenvis

## Countries with the most observations

US (270), EG (107), ID (95), PH (63), AU (57), HK (22), MY (17), TW (15), FJ (14), IL (13), ZA (13), PF (11)

## Summary

Scorpaenopsis diabolus, the false stonefish, false scorpionfish or the devil scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It has venomous spines and lives in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as in the Red Sea. It is a bottom-dwelling predator that relies on its camouflage to catch passing prey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenopsis_diabolus

## Photo

![Devil Scorpionfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/devil-scorpionfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291264275

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/devil-scorpionfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).