Black scorpionfish

Black scorpionfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Scorpaena
Species:
S. porcus
Binomial name
Scorpaena porcus
Synonyms[3]
  • Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829
  • Scorpaena klausewitzi Frøiland, 1972

The black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus), also known as the European scorpionfish or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, near the coasts of Morocco, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.[3]

  1. ^ de Sola, L.; Herrera, J.; Keskin, Ç.; de Morais, L.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Carpenter, K.E.; de Bruyne, G. (2020). "Scorpaena porcus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T198747A177149605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T198747A177149605.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scorpaena porcus". FishBase. August 2021 version.