Madeira rockfish

Madeira rockfish
Scorpaena maderensis in the waters off Croatia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Scorpaena
Species:
S. maderensis
Binomial name
Scorpaena maderensis
Synonyms[2]
  • Helicolenus maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
  • Sebastapistes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
  • Sebastes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
  • Sebastipistes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
  • Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898

The Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis) is a species of scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) in the genus Scorpaena, found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3] This species reaches a length of around 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.[2] The species was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1833 after a specimen from Madeira.[4] Although S. maderensis is well represented in the areas that it is found, many key aspects of its biology are still unknown.[5]

  1. ^ Nunoo, F.; Russell, B.; Bannermann, P. & Poss, S. (2015). "Scorpaena maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198745A15591548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198745A15591548.en. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scorpaena maderensis". FishBase. January 2019 version.
  3. ^ Zander, C.D., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 1096—1112. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, volume 3. UNESCO, Paris.
  4. ^ Cuvier & Valenciennes (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons, Tome 9me, p. 463
  5. ^ Mesa, M. La; Mesa, G. La; Micalizzi, M. (August 2005). "Age and growth of madeira scorpionfish, Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833, in the central Mediterranean". Fisheries Research. 74 (1–3): 265–272. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2005.01.018. ISSN 0165-7836.