Pogonoscorpius is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.

It is a monotypic genus, its ony species is Pogonoscorpius sechellensis which occurs in the western Indian Ocean in the seas around the Seychelles.

It may also occur in the Coral Sea and off Japan and it has been suggested that this taxon is a synonym of Rhinopias argoliba.

[5] The genus name is a compound of pogon meaning "beard", an allusion to the well developed mental barbel, and scorpius, a "scorpion" indicating that this is a scorpionfish.

[2] Pogonoscorpius sechellensis is similar to the species in the genus Rhinopias but differ in colouration and in the possession of a mental barbel.