The daruma stinger (Dampierosa daruma), also known as the North-western stonefish, is a species of venomous ray-finned fish, a stonefish belonging to the subfamily Synanceiinae of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives.

The daruma stinger was first formally described in 1932 by the Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley with the type locality given as off Broome in Western Australia.

[5] However, other authorities regard Synanceiidae as a valid family and the Synanceiini as the subfamily Synanceiinae.

The specific name daruma was not explains but it is likely to be Japanese and to be an allusion to the bulbous head of this species, daruma being applied to squat Buddha figures and to some large-headed fishes.

[6] The daruma stinger has a large smoothly rounded head, with no hump over the eyes and no occipital pit.