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title: "Spotted Scat"
description: "Scatophagus argus — Pesci. Scatophagus argus, the spotted scat, butterfish, mia mia, spotted butterfish, argusfish or tiger scat, is a species of fish in the scat family Scatophagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/spotted-scat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Scat

> Scatophagus argus — Pesci. Scatophagus argus, the spotted scat, butterfish, mia mia, spotted butterfish, argusfish or tiger scat, is a species of fish in the scat family Scatophagidae.

- Scientific name: *Scatophagus argus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 1503
- Wikidata: [Q221035](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221035)
- iNaturalist taxon: [112173](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/112173)

## Names

- en: Spotted Scat
- de: Gemeiner Argusfisch
- es: Perca disco manchada
- fr: Scatophage argenté
- nl: Argusvis
- pt: Perca-disco-pintada
- pl: Argus zielony

## Countries with the most observations

IN (214), AU (208), HK (152), CN (105), SG (103), TW (103), TH (90), MY (84), ID (52), VN (32), JP (16), PH (16)

## Summary

Scatophagus argus, the spotted scat, butterfish, mia mia, spotted butterfish, argusfish or tiger scat, is a species of fish in the scat family Scatophagidae. It occurs in two basic color morphs which are called green scat and ruby or red scat. This fish is generally distributed around the Indo-Pacific region, to Japan, New Guinea, and southeastern Australia. They live in coastal muddy areas, including estuaries, mangroves, harbours, and the lower courses of rivers. They are popular aquarium fish.

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

## Photo

![Spotted Scat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-scat/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32330759

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-scat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).