Sebastapistes coniorta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Sebastapistes |
| Species: | S. coniorta
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| Binomial name | |
| Sebastapistes coniorta O. P. Jenkins, 1903
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Sebastapistes coniorta, commonly known as the humpback nohu[2] or the speckled scorpionfish,[1] is a species of scorpionfishes native to the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Atoll.[3]
Description
Sebastapistes coniorta has 12 dorsal spines and nine dorsal soft rays, with three anal spines and five to six anal soft rays. Its body has a fusiform shape.[2] Scorpaenids are able to separate, but their division is confusing as the lack of morphology is notable when found in the Hawaiian Islands.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Sebastapistes coniorta is found in the Eastern Central Pacific, such as the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island.[2] It lives in reef-associated and non-migratory tropical marine environments.[2]
Human use and cultural significance
Competition in Sebastapistes coniorta shows importance as their shelter is in host-coral branches of cauliflower coral during daytime and feed in and around corals at nighttime as the local distribution of resources is scarce.[5]
References
- ^ a b Motomura, H.; Matsuura, K. (2016). "Sebastapistes coniorta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69919546A70010020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69919546A70010020.en.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sebastapistes coniorta". FishBase. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Sebastapistes coniorta Jenkins, 1903". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ Gosline, William A. (1955). "The Inshore Fish Fauna of Johnston Island, a Central Pacific Atoll". Pacific Science. 9 (4): 442–480.
- ^ Jones, Ryan (2023). Competition and resource partitioning between congeneric coral-dwelling scorpionfishes (Sebastapistes spp.) in Hawaiʻi (PhD thesis). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.