Red rock cod

The eastern red scorpionfish, grandfather hapuku, New Zealand scorpionfish, or New Zealand red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis, is a scorpionfish of the family Scorpaenidae, found in New Zealand and southern Australia.

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The Red rock cod lives in the reef-associated, marine environment.

are the Australasian red rock cod, which belongs to a different order (see below), and the fish known simply as the rock cod and as soft cod in New Zealand, Lotella rhacina, which as noted above actually is related to the true cod (it is a morid cod). More

Red Rock Cod (red scorpion cod, cardinal scorpionfish) Scorpaena cardinalusSize up to 2kg. Habitat The Red Rock Cod inhabits most coastal areas of Australia. It prefers kelp beds and shallow reefs offshore and inshore. Record Australian record 2.551kg. More

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Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis, at Shiprock, Dolans Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Depth 12.8 metres. Nikon D300, Nikkor 60mm f/2. More

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Common names

Billy bougain in English
Cardinal scorpionfish in English
coral cod in English
Coral perch in English
Eastern red scorpioncod in English
Eastern red scorpionfish in English
Fire cod in English
Matuawhaapuku in Maori (te reo Māori)
Northern scorpionfish in English
Ocean perch in English
Prickly heat in English
Red rock cod in English
Red scorpion-cod in English
red scorpionfish in English
red scorpionfish in Unknown
主鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
主鮋 in Unknown
主鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
主鲉 in Unknown

Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Scorpaenidae
Genus : Scorpaena
Species : Scorpaena cardinalis
Authority : Solander & Richardson,1842