Scorpaena scrofa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Genus: | Scorpaena |
Species: | S. scrofa
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Binomial name | |
Scorpaena scrofa | |
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Scorpaena scrofa, the red scorpionfish, bigscale scorpionfish, large-scaled scorpion fish,[4] or rascasse is a venomous marine species of ray-finned fish in the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.[2] It is found in the Mediterranean Sea, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Indian Ocean.