title: Parascorpaena moultoni
text: # Parascorpaena moultoni
  
  Parascorpaena moultoni, the coral perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are native to the Western Central Pacific, and are particularly common in the Coral Sea and the East China Sea.
  
  ## Description
  
  The coral perch has been described as resembling the ocellate scorpionfish Parascorpaena mcadamsi to the point of being regarded as a junior synonym thereof. The primary differentiating feature of the coral perch is its two sub-orbital spines (as opposed to the ocellate scorpionfish which has three).
  
  