The monster above, as you know, has appeared in just about every Final Fantasy game that exists. They are commonly known as the Malboro (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Malboro)

The Stroper appeared in Final Fantasy IX as this (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/S...al_Fantasy_IX)):



I understand the Stroper also appeared in FFIII and FFV as a plant-like creature, but the Malboro made more appearances throughout the Final Fantasy games, I'm not sure how they managed to NOT keep the name exclusive to this monster. I was really hoping to see the actual Stroper from FFIX in ARR