Minous monodactylus

Minous monodactylus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Minous
Species:
M. monodactylus
Binomial name
Minous monodactylus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Minous woora Cuvier, 1829
  • Scorpaena biaculeata Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1829
  • Minous adamsii Richardson, 1848
  • Minous blochi Kaup, 1858
  • Minous oxycephalus Bleeker, 1876
  • Minous echigonius Jordan & Starks, 1904

Minous monodactylus, the grey stingfish or grey goblinfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fishes, it is the only genus in the tribe Minoini, one of the three tribes which are classified within the subfamily Synanceiinae within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. This species found in the Indo-Pacific and is venomous to humans.