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Scorpaena guttata was first formally described in 1854 by the French biologist Charles Frédéric Girard with the type locality given as Monterey, California. [4] The specific name guttata means "spotted", an allusion to the many small black spots on the head and body and the larger black spots on the fins.
The cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) is a large species of sculpin native to the Pacific coast of North America.Although the genus name translates literally as "scorpion fish", true scorpionfish (such as lionfish) belong to the related family Scorpaenidae.
The Pacific spotted scorpionfish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is found on the western coasts of the Americas from southern California and the Gulf of California south to Chile. It can also be found off the islands of the Galápagos, Revillagigedos, Cocos and Malpelo. [1]
The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. The family is a large one, with hundreds of members.
The bird wing scorpionfish sticks to much deeper waters, according to the study, and surrounds just a few islands in the Pacific Ocean. Fiji and the Wallis and Futuna Islands are off the east ...
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 ...
A member of the Scripps Oceanography team spotted the dead fish outside of San Diego, California. The fish was estimated to be 9 to 10 feet in length, which was much smaller than the one recovered ...
Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus, the tasseled scorpionfish, or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It has a wide distribution in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.