''Sebastapistes ballieui'', the spotfin scorpionfish, is a

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ous marine

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belonging to the

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Scorpaenidae The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venom ...

, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the Eastern Central Pacific including Hawaii.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Pierre Étienne Théodore Ballieu (1828–1885), the French consul to the Sandwich Islands (Hawai‘i). it was he who provided the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) with many Hawaiian specimens, including the type specimen of this one.

Size

This species reaches a length of .

References

ballieui Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage Fish described in 1875 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub