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title: "Valse steenvis"
description: "Scorpaenopsis diabolus — Vissen. 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/nl/animal/devil-scorpionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Valse steenvis

> Scorpaenopsis diabolus — Vissen. 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` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- 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

![Valse steenvis](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).