Ursinoscorpaenopsis is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.
Its only species, Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai, is native to the Pacific Ocean waters around Japan.
[1] Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai was first formally described in 1996 by Tetsuji Nakabo and Umeyoshi Yamada and is known only from its type, which was collected in the East China Sea from a depth of 138 m (453 ft).
[2] The genus name Ursinoscorpaeanopsis refers to its "bearlike shape" and is similar to Scorpaenopsis.
It also has an orange-reddish body, lacks any teeth on the palatine, has a swimbladder, and possesses a supraneural and 5 unfused hypurals.