grey stingfish
Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Grey Stingfish Minous monodactylus India, Mangalore, 8 March2011, 11cm TL
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Minous monodactylus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:10:28.340318+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Name authority
- (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Common name
- grey stingfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Synanceiidae
- Genus
- Minous
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderScorpaenoidei
- familySynanceiidae Swainson, 1839
- subfamilyMinoinae Jordan & Starks, 1904
- genusMinous Cuvier, 1829
- speciesMinous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Minous. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Minous longimanus Regan, 1908 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous andriashevi Mandrytsa, 1990 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous dempsterae Eschmeyer, Hallacher & Rama-Rao, 1979 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous pictus Günther, 1880 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous quincarinatus (Fowler, 1943) | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| striped stingfishMinous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous usachevi Mandrytsa, 1993 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minous versicolor Ogilby, 1910 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Minous blochi Kaup, 1858 Kaup, 1858 | synonym |
| Minous oxycephalus Bleeker, 1876 Bleeker, 1876 | synonym |
| Minous woora Cuvier, 1829 Cuvier, 1829 | synonym |
| Minous adamsii Richardson, 1848 Richardson, 1848 | synonym |
| Minous echigonius Jordan & Starks, 1904 Jordan & Starks, 1904 | synonym |
| Scorpaena biaculeata Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1829 Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1829 | synonym |
| Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215615 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:43K3X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.