MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758

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Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

126171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126171)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Scorpaeninae Risso, 1827

Synonymised names

Holoscorpaena Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted

Kantapus Smith, 1947 · unaccepted

Ruboralga Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted

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Species Scorpaena afimbria Slastenenko, 1935 accepted as Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810
Species Scorpaena afuerae Hildebrand, 1946
Species Scorpaena agassizi Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Scorpaena agassizii Goode & Bean, 1896 (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena agassizii Goode & Bean, 1896
Species Scorpaena albifimbria Evermann & Marsh, 1900
Species Scorpaena albobrunnea Günther, 1874 accepted as Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919 accepted as Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789
Species Scorpaena ambigua Klunzinger, 1872 accepted as Neosebastes scorpaenoides Guichenot, 1867
Species Scorpaena americana Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Scorpaena americana Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Scorpaena amplisquamiceps Fowler, 1938 accepted as Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps (Fowler, 1938)
Species Scorpaena angolensis Norman, 1935
Species Scorpaena annobonae Eschmeyer, 1969
Species Scorpaena antennata Bloch, 1787 accepted as Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)
Species Scorpaena armata Sauvage, 1873 accepted as Parascorpaena armata (Sauvage, 1873)
Species Scorpaena ascensionis Eschmeyer, 1971
Species Scorpaena asperella Bennett, 1828 accepted as Iracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Species Scorpaena atlantica Nichols & Breder, 1924 accepted as Scorpaena calcarata Goode & Bean, 1882
Species Scorpaena aurita Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883 accepted as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Scorpaena azorica Eschmeyer, 1969
Species Scorpaena ballieui Sauvage, 1875 accepted as Sebastapistes ballieui (Sauvage, 1875)
Species Scorpaena bandanensis Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)
Species Scorpaena barathri Hector, 1875 accepted as Helicolenus barathri (Hector, 1875)
Species Scorpaena barbata Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Scorpaenopsis barbata (Rüppell, 1838) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena barffi Curtiss, 1944 accepted as Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829
Species Scorpaena bellicosa Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena bergi Evermann & Marsh, 1900 accepted as Scorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh, 1900 (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh, 1900
Species Scorpaena biaculeata Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1829 accepted as Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Scorpaena brachion Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Species Scorpaena brachyptera Eschmeyer, 1965
Species Scorpaena brasiliensis Cuvier, 1829
Species Scorpaena brevispina Motomura & Senou, 2008
Species Scorpaena bucephalus Alcock, 1896 accepted as Neomerinthe bucephalus (Alcock, 1896)
Species Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789
Species Scorpaena bulacephala Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2005
Species Scorpaena burra Richardson, 1842 accepted as Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (ambiguous synonym)
Species Scorpaena bynoensis Richardson, 1845 accepted as Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena calcarata Goode & Bean, 1882
Species Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage, 1878)
Species Scorpaena capensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 accepted as Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970
Species Scorpaena capensis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Sebastes capensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842
Species Scorpaena carinata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Scorpaena castor (Poey, 1860) accepted as Pontinus castor Poey, 1860
Species Scorpaena chilioprista Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Scorpaena cirrhosa (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (Thunberg, 1793) (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena cocosensis Motomura, 2004
Species Scorpaena colesi Nichols, 1914 accepted as Scorpaena brasiliensis Cuvier, 1829
Species Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 accepted as Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789 (synonym)
Species Scorpaena colorata (Gilbert, 1905)
Species Scorpaena coloratus (Gilbert, 1905) accepted as Scorpaena colorata (Gilbert, 1905) (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena coniorta (Jenkins, 1903) accepted as Sebastapistes coniorta Jenkins, 1903
Species Scorpaena cooki Günther, 1874 accepted as Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842 (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874 accepted as Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842 (synonym)
Species Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Scorpaena cruenta Solander in Richardson, 1842 accepted as Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider & Forster, 1801)
Species Scorpaena cyanostigma Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Scorpaena dactyloptera Delaroche, 1809 accepted as Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena decemradiata Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018
Species Scorpaena diabolis (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena diabolus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena didactyla Pallas, 1769 accepted as Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769)
Species Scorpaena dispar Longley & Hildebrand, 1940
Species Scorpaena durbanensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909 accepted as Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena echinata Köhler, 1896 accepted as Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896)
Species Scorpaena elachys Eschmeyer, 1965
Species Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943
Species Scorpaena ergastulorum Richardson, 1842 accepted as Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena erinacea Garman, 1903 accepted as Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena erostris Alcock, 1896 accepted as Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896)
Species Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Scorpaena fernandeziana Steindachner, 1875
Species Scorpaena flava Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Scorpaena folgori Postel & Roux, 1964 accepted as Neomerinthe folgori (Postel & Roux, 1964)
Species Scorpaena fowleri Pietschmann, 1934 accepted as Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann, 1934)
Species Scorpaena frondosa Günther, 1892 accepted as Rhinopias frondosa (Günther, 1892)
Species Scorpaena fucata Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840
Species Scorpaena gaillardae Roux, 1954 accepted as Scorpaena stephanica Cadenat, 1943
Species Scorpaena gasta Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2006
Species Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler, 1938 accepted as Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena gibbosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena grandicornis Cuvier, 1829
Species Scorpaena grandisquamis Ogilby, 1910
Species Scorpaena grandisquammis Ogilby, 1910 accepted as Scorpaena grandisquamis Ogilby, 1910 (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena grattanica Trunov, 2006
Species Scorpaena guadalupae Fowler, 1944 accepted as Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854
Species Scorpaena guamensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854
Species Scorpaena hatizyoensis Matsubara, 1943
Species Scorpaena hemilepidota Fowler, 1938
Species Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840
Species Scorpaena horrida Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Scorpaena hystrio Jenyns, 1840 accepted as Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840 (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena inermis Cuvier, 1829
Species Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
Species Scorpaena izensis Jordan & Starks, 1904
Species Scorpaena jacksoniana Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Centropogon australis (White, 1790) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner, 1866
Species Scorpaena kaufmani Herre, 1952 accepted as Neomerinthe kaufmani (Herre, 1952)
Species Scorpaena klausewitzi Frøiland, 1972 accepted as Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Scorpaena kowiensis Smith, 1935 accepted as Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Scorpaena kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825) accepted as Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich, 1825 accepted as Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Scorpaena lacrimata Randall & Greenfield, 2004
Species Scorpaena lactomaculata Herre, 1945 accepted as Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866
Species Scorpaena leonina Richardson, 1846 accepted as Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (Thunberg, 1793) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena loppei Cadenat, 1943
Species Scorpaena lutea Risso, 1810 accepted as Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Scorpaena maculipinnis (Smith, 1957) accepted as Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith, 1957
Species Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833
Species Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833 (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Scorpaena mcadamsi Fowler, 1938 accepted as Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938)
Species Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938 accepted as Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938)
Species Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878 accepted as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Scorpaena melasma Eschmeyer, 1965
Species Scorpaena mellissii Günther, 1868
Species Scorpaena mesogallica Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena microlepis Gunter, 1948 accepted as Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854
Species Scorpaena miles Bennett, 1828 accepted as Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
Species Scorpaena miostoma Günther, 1877
Species Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855 accepted as Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)
Species Scorpaena moultoni Whitley, 1961 accepted as Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961)
Species Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895
Species Scorpaena nasicornua Fricke & Zhukov, 2020
Species Scorpaena natalensis Regan, 1906 accepted as Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Species Scorpaena nesogallica Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena normani Cadenat, 1943
Species Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810
Species Scorpaena novaeguinae Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena novae-guinae Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Scorpaena nuchalis Günther, 1874 accepted as Sebastapistes nuchalis (Günther, 1874)
Species Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947) accepted as Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Scorpaena onaria Jordan & Snyder, 1900
Species Scorpaena orgila Eschmeyer & Allen, 1971
Species Scorpaena oxycephalus Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1849) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena pallidimacula Fowler, 1938 accepted as Neomerinthe pallidimacula (Fowler, 1938)
Species Scorpaena panda Richardson, 1842 accepted as Neosebastes pandus (Richardson, 1842)
Species Scorpaena pannosa Cramer, 1897 accepted as Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840
Species Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider & Forster, 1801)
Species Scorpaena papillosus (Schneider & Forster, 1801) accepted as Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (misspelling)
Species Scorpaena papuensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Scorpaenopsis papuensis (Cuvier, 1829) (synonym)
Species Scorpaena parvipinnis Garrett, 1864 accepted as Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Garrett, 1864)
Species Scorpaena pascuensis Eschmeyer & Allen, 1971
Species Scorpaena pele Eschmeyer & Randall, 1975
Species Scorpaena pepo Motomura, Poss & Shao, 2007
Species Scorpaena petricola Eschmeyer, 1965
Species Scorpaena picta Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena plebeia Solander, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789
Species Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Scorpaena polylepis Bleeker, 1851 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Scorpaena purpurea Mitchill, 1818 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena regina Wibowo, Johnson & Motomura, 2019
Species Scorpaena remigera Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena rosea Day, 1868 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena rubropunctata Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Scorpaena rufa Mitchill, 1818 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena russula Jordan & Bollman, 1890
Species Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
Species Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena sierra Gilbert, 1890 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena sonorae Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
Species Scorpaena stephanica Cadenat, 1943
Species Scorpaena stokesii Richardson, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875
Species Scorpaena taeniophrys Fowler, 1943 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Scorpaena teneriffea Jordan & Gunn, 1898 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena thompsoni Günther, 1880 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Scorpaena thomsoni Günther, 1880
Species Scorpaena tierrae Hildebrand, 1946
Species Scorpaena tinkhami Fowler, 1946 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena tredecimspinosa Metzelaar, 1919 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena uncinata de Buen, 1961
Species Scorpaena ustulata Lowe, 1841 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (unaccepted)
Species Scorpaena venosa Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Scorpaena vesperalis Wibowo & Motomura, 2020
Species Scorpaena wellingtoni Victor, 2013

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126171 on 2024-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]