false scorpionfish

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English

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Etymology

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From false +‎ scorpionfish, as opposed to the 'true' scorpionfishes in the family Scorpaenidae; whereas this species is in Centrogenyidae.

Noun

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false scorpionfish (countable and uncountable, plural false scorpionfish or false scorpionfishes)

  1. Centrogenys vaigiensis, the only described species in the family Centrogenyidae, which very closely resemble scorpionfish.

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