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title: "Leaf Scorpionfish"
description: "Taenianotus triacanthus — Ryby. Taenianotus is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/leaf-scorpionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leaf Scorpionfish

> Taenianotus triacanthus — Ryby. Taenianotus is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.

- Scientific name: *Taenianotus triacanthus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2677
- Wikidata: [Q1246656](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246656)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121375](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121375)

## Names

- en: Leaf Scorpionfish
- de: Schaukelfisch
- es: Pez Escorpión de Vela
- fr: Poisson-scorpion feuille
- it: Taenianotus

## Countries with the most observations

ID (914), US (494), PH (135), KE (99), TZ (85), AU (72), MV (70), MY (67), FJ (65), ZA (58), JP (32), PF (28)

## Summary

Taenianotus is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Its only species is Taenianotus triacanthus, the leaf scorpionfish, paperfish, paper scorpionfish, sailfin leaffish or threespine scorpionfish.  This taxon has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45298613

## Machine access

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