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Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Shkerp i hirte
Common Names in Catalan:
Cap Tiny, Cap tinyós, Captiny, Captinyós
Common Names in Croatian:
Bodec crveni, Jauk
Common Names in Danish:
Lille dragehovedfisk
Common Names in English:
red scorpionfish, rockfish, scorpionfish, Small red scorpionfish
Common Names in French:
Petite rascasse, Petite Rascasse Rouge, Rascasse pustuleuse
Common Names in German:
Kleiner Roter Drachenkopf
Common Names in Greek:
Skorpidi, Λειψός, Σκορπίδι, Σκορπιός
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Skorpidi, Σκορπίδι
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Skorpidi, Σκορπίδι
Common Names in Italian:
Cappone, Cappun, Chicchiridd, Chicchiriddí, Occhi russi, Occhiu beddu, Scarpegna rossa, Scarupoli, Scorfaniello, Scorfanotto, Scrofana tignusa, Scrofaneddu, Scropuledda
Common Names in Maltese:
Skorfna, Skorfna tat-tebgha, Skorfnott
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
显鲉, 顯鮋
Common Names in Polish:
Skorpena najez
Common Names in Portuguese:
Carneiro, Co, Coça, Escorpi, Palha, Palhaço, Rasca, Rascaço, Rascasso, Rascasso-Escorpi, Rascasso-escorpião, Requeine
Common Names in Russian:
Malaya skorpena
Common Names in Slovene:
Mala škarpena, Mala karpena
Common Names in Slovenian:
Mala , Mala škarpena, Mala karpena, Mala ˚karpena
Common Names in Spanish:
Cabracho, Esc, Escórpora, Gallineta
Common Names in Swedish:
Vårthavssugga
Common Names in Turkish:
Benekliiskorpit balığı, Kırmızıiskorpit balığı
Description
Habitat
Common in rocky littoral habitats .
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,850 meters (0 to -9,350 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes [2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
()
-
- Family:
Scorpaenidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Scorpaeninae
()
- Genus:
Scorpaena
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
notata
- Rafinesque
- Scientific name: - Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810
- Specific name:
notata
- Rafinesque
- Genus:
Scorpaena
(
- Subfamily:
Scorpaeninae
(
- Family:
Scorpaenidae
(
- Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Scorpaena afimbria Slastenenko • Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 • Scorpaena scrofa afimbria Slastenenko • Scorpaena teneriffea Jordan & Gunn • Scorpaena ustulata Lowe
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 01-Sep-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scorpaena
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 81 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. afuerae (Peruvian Scorpionfish (FB)) · S. agassizi (Longfin Scorpionfish) · S. agassizii (Longfin Scorpionfish) · S. albifimbria (Lesser Scorpionfish) · S. amplisquamiceps (Orange Scorpionfish) · S. angolensis (Angola Rockfish) · S. antennata (Ragged-Finned Lion Fish) · Sebastapistes fowleri (Spotfin Scorpionfish) · S. bandanensis (Little Scorpion Cod) · S. barathri (Bigeye Sea Perch) · S. bergi (Goosehead Scorpionfish) · S. bergii (Goosehead Scorpionfish) · S. brachyptera (Shortfin Scorpionfish) · S. brasiliensis (Barbfish) · S. brevispina (Japanese Shortspined Scorpionfish) · S. bulacephala (Bullhead Scorpionfish) · S. bynoensis (Marbled Scorpionfish) · S. calcarata (Smooth-Head Scorpionfish) · S. cardinalis (Eastern Red Scorpionfish) · S. cardinalisin (Red Rock Cod) · S. carinata (Long-Finned Waspfish) · S. cookii (Cook's Scorpionfish) · S. cristulata (Yellow-Spotted Scorpionfish) · S. cruenta (Red Rock Cod) · S. dactyloptera (Blackbelly Rosefish) · S. diabolus (False Scorpionfish) · S. didactyla (Popeyed Sea Goblin) · S. dispar (Hunchback Scorpionfish) · S. echinata (Atlantic Thornyhead) · S. elachys (Dwarf Scorpionfish) · S. elongata (Slender Rockfish) · S. folgori (Folgor's Scorpionfish) · S. frondosa (Popeyed Scorpionfish) · S. gasta (Ghostly Scorpionfish) · S. gibbosa (Humpbacked Scorpion Fish) · S. grandicornis (Grass Scorpionfish) · S. grandicornisand (Plumed Scorpionfish) · S. grandisquamis (Bigscale Scorpionfish) · S. guamensis (Guam Scorpion Cod) · S. gusta (Ghostly Scorpionfish) · S. guttata (California Scorpionfish) · S. histrio (Player Scorpionfish (FB)) · S. horrida (Whiteblotched Scorpionfish) · S. inermis (Mushroom Scorpionfish) · S. isthmensis (Smooth-Cheek Scorpionfish) · S. izensis (Izu Scorpionfish) · S. laevis (Senegalese Rockfish) · S. loppei (Cadenat's Rockfish) · S. maderensis (Spineblotch Scorpionfish) · S. madurensis (Madeira Rockfish) · S. mcadamsi (Ocellated Scorpionfish) · S. mellissii (Melliss's Scorpionfish) · S. miles (Indian Turkeyfish) · S. mossambica (Mozambique Scorpionfish) · S. mystes (Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish (FB)) · S. neglecta (Scorpionfish) · S. neglecta neglecta (Scorpionfish) · S. normani (Norman´s Lampeye) · S. notata (Small Red Scorpionfish) · S. nuchalis (Spineblotch Scorpionfish) · S. onaria (Neglected Scorpionfish) · S. oxycephalus (Smallscale Scorpionfish) · S. panda (Bighead Gurnard Perch) · S. papillosa (Chained Scorpionfish) · S. parvipinnis (Shortfinned Scorpionfish) · S. pepo (Pumpkin Scorpionfish) · S. picta (Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish) · S. plumieri (Gurnard) · S. plumierii (Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish) · S. plumieri mystes (Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish) · S. porcus (Small-Scaled Scorpionfish) · S. russula (Reddish Scorpionfish (FB)) · S. scrofa (Bigscale Scorpionfish) · S. senegalensis (Speckled Scorpionfish) · S. sonorae (Sonora Scorpionfish (FB)) · S. stephanica (Spotted-Fin Rockfish) · S. strongia (Darkspotted Scorpionfish) · S. sumptuosa (Western Red Scorpionfish) · S. tredecimspinosa (Deepreef Scorpionfish) · S. vaigiensis (False Scorpionfish) · S. venosa (Yellow-Nose Scorpionfish)
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Further Reading
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 23, p. 299, p. 485, p. 488, p. 489.
- Discovery reports. London; Cambridge University Press. url p. 27.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies - Trawl Surveys
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 138319
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30624
- Fishbase Species ID: 1760
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14173424
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166838
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124423
Footnotes
- Mean = -579.580 meters (-1,901.509 feet), Standard Deviation = 859.300 based on 250 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Hureau, J.-C. and N.I. Litvinenko (1986). Scorpaenidae. p. 1211-1229. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol 3. [back]
