Pontinus tentacularis

Pontinus tentacularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Osteichthyes
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Genus:	Pontinus
Species:	P. tentacularis
Binomial name
	Pontinus tentacularis; (Fowler, 1938)
Synonyms
	Nemapontinus tentacularis Fowler, 1938; Pontius tentacularis (Fowler, 1938);

Pontinus tentacularis is a species of fish in the Scorpaenidae family.

Habitat

Iti s a marine demersal tropical climate fish which lives between 170 and 600 m underseas.

It is found from the Reunion and Mauritius to the Philippines.

It is harmless for humans.^[2]

Anonymous, 2001. Database of the collection of fishes of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution - Division of Fishes.
Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao And C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.