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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.
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 ...
Scorpaenidae was described as a family in 1826 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso. [1] The family is included in the suborder Scorpaenoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World [2] but other authorities place it in the Perciformes either in the suborder Scorpaenoidei [3] or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea. [4]
The Pacific spotted scorpionfish has a very bony head which is armed with a large number of spines and had a deep occipital pit and a smaller pit to the front of the eyes. [4] The head's depth equals its width and there is an extremely large mouth. [ 7 ]
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.
These scorpionfishes vary in size from a standard length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in) in the curve-spine scorpionfish (N. procurva to a total length of 59 cm (23 in) in Folger's scorpionfish (N. folgeri). [ 3 ]
Max size Ambon scorpionfish: Pteroidichthys amboinensis: Not with shrimp or small fish: 12 cm (4.7 in) [49]: 46 Decoy scorpionfish: Iracundus signifer: Not with shrimp or small fish: 13 cm (5.1 in) [49]: 48 Eschmeyer's scorpionfish: Rhinopias eschmeyeri: Not with shrimp or small fish: 19 cm (7.5 in) [49]: 46 Flasher scorpionfish: Scorpaenopsis ...