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Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

127248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127248)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Perciformes
  11. Scorpaenoidei
  12. Scorpaenidae
  13. Scorpaeninae
  14. Scorpaena
  15. Scorpaena scrofa
accepted
Species
Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127248 on 2026-09-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=127248 on 2026-09-01
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (WoRCS) Kovacic, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 266 [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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LanguageName 
Dutch oranje schorpioenvis  [details]
English red scorpion-fishlargescaled scorpionfish  [details]
French rascasse rouge  [details]
German roter Drachenkopf  [details]
Italian scorfano rosso  [details]
Portuguese rocaz  [details]
Spanish cabracho  [details]
Swedish havssugga  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (190 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena scrofa) 
To FishBase 
To Fishipedia 
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To GenBank (72 nucleotides; 62 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
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