Cockatoo waspfish

The Cockatoo Waspfish is usually observed at dusk and on night dives as they stay hidden during daylight hours.They are usually observed on sand in the vacinity of rocky reefs and sea grass beds feeding on small shrimps and other crustaceans. More

Movie: Cockatoo Waspfish at the Gold Coast Seaway - Add comment Add tags Description A Cockatoo Waspfish at a depth of 10 m, South Wall near effluent pipe, Gold Coast Seaway, August 2003. More

Cockatoo waspfishes tend to be more active at dusk or night. As is seen in some other scorpaenoids, this species often is found rocking back and forth in response to the surge, to mimic the seaweed that surrounds it. This species is quite venomous. More

cockatoo waspfish is known from the tropical west Pacific, where it has been reported from southern Japan to Australia (Kuiter and Debelius 1994). More

The Cockatoo Waspfish has a long dorsal fin that rises up like a cockatoo crest from the head and continues down the back reducing in height towards the tail. More

Common names

Cockatoo fish in English
Cockatoo leaf-fish in English
Cockatoo waspfish in English
Cuckatoo waspfish in English
Ikan sampah in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Kakaduefisk in Danish (dansk)
Laffe de fond in Creole, French
Laffe de fond in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Leaf fish in English
Novu in Gela
Poisson-feuille Peau-Rouge in French (français)
redskin fish in English
Redskinfish in English
Rooihuidvis in Afrikaans
Roque fish in English
Rouge fish in English
Tsumajiro-okoze in Japanese (日本語)
whitenose scorpionfish in English
帆鰭鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
帆鳍鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
狮子鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
獅子魚 in Mandarin Chinese
紅帆鰭鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
红帆鳍鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
背带钝顶鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
背带长绒鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
背帶鈍頂鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
背帶長絨鮋 in Mandarin Chinese

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