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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Pteroinae
Genus: Brachypterois

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Photo by Naranji, M.K. & S. Kandula

Western Pacific
Max. Length 12.6 cm TL
Brachypterois curvispina Matsunuma, Sakurai & Motomura, 2013

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Brachypterois curvispina
[Australian sawcheek scorpionfish]

Photo by Steene, R.

Northwestern Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Brachypterois serrulata (Richardson, 1846)

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Brachypterois serrulata
[Sawcheek scorpionfish]

Photo by Naranji, M.K. & S. Kandula

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15.5 cm TL
Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938

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Brachypterois serrulifer
[Sawmaxilla scorpionfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Brachypterois curvispina Australian sawcheek scorpionfish Western Pacific 12.6 TL 2013
Brachypterois serrulata Sawcheek scorpionfish Northwestern Pacific 15 TL 1846
Brachypterois serrulifer Sawmaxilla scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific 15.5 TL 1938



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