Scorpaena

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;

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

Species

The 63 recognized species in this genus are:[4][5][6]

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 vesperalis Wibowo & Motomura, 2020		southwestern Australia
Scorpaena wellingtoni Victor, 2013[5]		Cove on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2019.
"Scorpaena". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scorpaena in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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.
Wibowo, Kunto; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2020-09-18). "Review of the Scorpaena papillosa species complex (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) with description of a new species from southwestern Australia". Zootaxa. 4852 (5): 527–546. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4852.5.2. ISSN 1175-5334.

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.

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[1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.

[WoRMS-2] Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2019.

[pdb-3] "Scorpaena". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[4] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scorpaena in FishBase. August 2013 version.

[Victor2013-5] 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.

[6] Wibowo, Kunto; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2020-09-18). "Review of the Scorpaena papillosa species complex (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) with description of a new species from southwestern Australia". Zootaxa. 4852 (5): 527–546. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4852.5.2. ISSN 1175-5334.