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DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS 



Top) . Inhabits the Netherlands Indies, Australia, Melanesia, and 

 Polynesia. 



Lupo, Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier) (Fig. 45, Next to Bottom). 

 Inhabits the coastal areas of Japan. 



Stonefish type: Common Name Unknown, Choridactylus multi- 

 barbis Richardson (Fig. 45, Bottom). Found along coastal areas 

 of India, China, Philippine Islands, and Polynesia. 



Hime-Okoze, Minous monodactylus (Bloch and Schneider) (Fig. 

 46, Top). Inhabits the South Pacific Islands, China, and Japan. 



Deadly Stonefish, Synanceja horrida (Linnaeus) (Fig. 46, Bot- 

 tom). Inhabits India, East Indies, China, Philippine Islands, and 

 Australia. The Stonefish is an extremely dangerous species. 





Fig. 46. Top: Hime-okoze, Minous monodactylus (Bloch and Schneider). 

 (Shirao) Bottom: Deadly Stonefish, Synanceja horrida (Linnaeus). (Arita) 



Venom Apparatus of Scorpionfishes : The venom organs of scor- 

 pionfishes vary markedly from one group to the next. A compar- 

 ison of some of the more important differences appears in the chart 

 that follows. See also Fig. 47. 



