Lythrichthys longimanus

Lythrichthys longimanus, the red deepwater scorpionfish, is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Setarchinae, which is a part of the family Scorpaenidae.^[1]

Lythrichthys longimanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Genus:	Lythrichthys
Species:	L. longimanus
Binomial name
Lythrichthys longimanus (Alcock 1894)
Synonyms
Setarches longimanus (Alcock, 1894)

Taxonomy

The red deepwater scorpionfish was formerly assigned to the genus Setarches. However, a 2021 study demonstrated it to be referrable to the newly resurrected genus Lythrichthys.^[2][3]