Scorpaena

Scorpaena is a widespread genus of marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.[2][3]

Scorpaena Temporal range: Middle Eocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Scorpaena onaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:	Scorpaeninae
Genus:	Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Holoscorpaena Fowler, 1944 Kantapus J. L. B. Smith, 1947 Osorioia Fowler, 1938 Ruboralga Whitley, 1931 Scorpius Plumier, 1801

Species

The 62 recognized species in this genus are:[4][5]

Image	Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
	Scorpaena afuerae Hildebrand, 1946	Peruvian scorpionfish	southeast Pacific
	Scorpaena agassizii Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896	longfin scorpionfish	North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.
	Scorpaena albifimbria Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900	coral scorpionfish	southern Florida, USA and the Bahamas to Curaçao and probably northern South America.
	Scorpaena angolensis Norman, 1935	Angola rockfish	Mauritania to Angola, including Cape Verde
	Scorpaena annobonae Eschmeyer, 1969		on rough bottom at Annobon Island.
	Scorpaena ascensionis Eschmeyer, 1971		Southeast Atlantic
	Scorpaena azorica Eschmeyer, 1969		Northeastern Atlantic region in European waters
	Scorpaena bergii Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900	goosehead scorpionfish	Bermuda, New York to Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Mexico to northern South America.
	Scorpaena brachyptera Eschmeyer, 1965	shortfin scorpionfish	southern Florida in USA and Panama to Venezuela.
	Scorpaena brasiliensis G. Cuvier, 1829	Barbfish	Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
	Scorpaena brevispina Motomura & Senou, 2008	Japanese shortspined scorpionfish	Japan.
	Scorpaena bulacephala Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2005	bullhead scorpionfish	Norfolk Island and off Lord Howe Island, in the northern Tasman Sea.
	Scorpaena calcarata Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882	smooth-head scorpionfish	Canada to North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
	Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage, 1878		Canary Islands and Madeira Island
	Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & J. Richardson, 1842	eastern red scorpionfish	northern New Zealand and offshore islands of the Tasman Sea
	Scorpaena cocosensis Motomura, 2004		Cocos Island and Galápagos
	Scorpaena colorata (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)		Hawaiian Islands
	Scorpaena dispar Longley & Hildebrand, 1940	hunchback scorpionfish	Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Brazil.
	Scorpaena elachys Eschmeyer, 1965	dwarf scorpionfish	Florida in USA and Antilles.
	Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943	slender rockfish	Mediterranean Sea and Morocco to off northern Namibia
	Scorpaena fernandeziana Steindachner, 1875		Desventuradas Is. and Juan Fernández Is
	Scorpaena gasta Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2006	ghostly scorpionfish	Western Australia.
	Scorpaena grandicornis G. Cuvier, 1829	plumed scorpionfish	Bermuda, Florida (USA), and Honduras to southern Brazil.
	Scorpaena grandisquamis J. D. Ogilby, 1910	bigscale scorpionfish	Australia.
	Scorpaena grattanica Trunov, 2006		Grattan Bank, Ascension Island.
	Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854	California scorpionfish	Santa Cruz in central California, USA to Punta Abreojos, Baja California; including northern Gulf of California and Guadalupe Island in Mexico
	Scorpaena hatizyoensis Matsubara, 1943		Hachijôjima, Japan.
	Scorpaena hemilepidota Fowler, 1938		Philippines.
	Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840	player scorpionfish	Mazatlán, Sonora, Mexico to Chile, from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Galapagos Islands.
	Scorpaena inermis G. Cuvier, 1829	mushroom scorpionfish	Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan (Mexico) to Curaçao
	Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928	smooth-cheek scorpionfish	South Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.
	Scorpaena izensis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904	Izu scorpionfish	Indo-West Pacific.
	Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner, 1866		coastal water of eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to Victoria.
	Scorpaena lacrimata J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2004		Tahiti.
	Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866	Senegalese rockfish	Mauritania to Pointe Noire, Congo and including the Azores, and Cape Verde
	Scorpaena loppei Cadenat, 1943	Cadenat's rockfish	Morocco, Mauritania, Portugal, Atlantic coast of Spain, Cyprus and the Mediterranean.
	Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833	Madeira rockfish	Azores, Madeira, and Morocco to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Senegal.
	Scorpaena melasma Eschmeyer, 1965		Suriname and off Brazil.
	Scorpaena mellissii Günther, 1868	Melliss's scorpionfish	St. Helena.
	Scorpaena miostoma Günther, 1877		Chiba Prefecture, Japan to Pusan, South Korea
	Scorpaena mystes D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895		California, USA to northern Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.
	Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843		Indo-West Pacific.
	Scorpaena normani Cadenat, 1943	Norman's rockfish	Mauritania to southern Angola.
	Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810	small red scorpionfish	Bay of Biscay to Senegal, Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
	Scorpaena onaria D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900	western scorpionfish	Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and New Caledonia
	Scorpaena orgila Eschmeyer & G. R. Allen, 1971	bold scorpionfish	Easter Island.
	Scorpaena papillosa (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801)	red rock cod	southern Australia and New Zealand
	Scorpaena pascuensis Eschmeyer & G. R. Allen, 1971		Easter Island.
	Scorpaena pele Eschmeyer & J. E. Randall, 1975		Hawaiian Islands
	Scorpaena pepo Motomura, Poss & K. T. Shao, 2007	pumpkin scorpionfish	Taiwan.
	Scorpaena petricola Eschmeyer, 1965		Brazil.
	Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789	spotted scorpionfish	Bermuda, Massachusetts, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena.
	Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758	black scorpionfish	British Isles to the Azores, and the Canary Islands, including Morocco, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
	Scorpaena russula D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890	reddish scorpionfish	Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico to Peru.
	Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758	Red scorpionfish	Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean; Atlantic range from British Isles (rare) to Senegal including Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde
	Scorpaena sonorae O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889	Sonora scorpionfish	Mexico.
	Scorpaena stephanica Cadenat, 1943	spotted-fin rockfish	Mauritania to Angola.
	Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875	western red scorpionfish	southwestern Australia.
	Scorpaena thomsoni Günther, 1880		Desventuradas Is. and Juan Fernández Is.
	Scorpaena tierrae Hildebrand, 1946		Chile.
	Scorpaena uncinata F. de Buen, 1961		Chile.
	Scorpaena wellingtoni Victor, 2013[5]		Cove on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
2. Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2019.
3. "Scorpaena". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scorpaena in FishBase. August 2013 version.
5. Victor, B.C. (2013): Scorpaena wellingtoni n. sp., a new scorpionfish from the Galápagos Islands (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 8: 30-43.

External links

• Smith, J.L.B. 1957. The fishes of the Family Scorpaenidae; Part 1: The sub-family Scorpaeninae. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 4. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
• Smith, J.L.B. 1957. The fishes of the Family Scorpaenidae; Part 2: The sub-families Pteroinae, Apistinae, Setarchinae and Sebastinae. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 5. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
• Smith, J.L.B. 1958. Fishes of the families Tetraogidae, Caracanthidae and Synanciidae from the Western Indian Ocean with further notes on Scorpaenid fishes. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 12. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.