Scorpaena porcus, Black scorpionfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758

Black scorpionfish
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Scorpaena porcus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Scorpaena porcus
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaena: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range البيئة

بحري القاع; غير مهاجرة; نطاق العمق ? - 800 m (Ref. 4570). Temperate; 55°N - 25°N, 32°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to the Azores, and the Canary Islands, including Morocco, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

Length at first maturity / الحجم / وزن / العمر

Maturity: Lm 14.4, range 10 - ? cm
Max length : 40.5 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 33903); common length : 15.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 3397); أعلا وزن تم نشرة: 870.00 g (Ref. 40637)

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الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع): 12; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع): 7-9; شوكة شرجية 3; أشعه شرجية لينه: 4 - 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XII,7-9 with the last divided at base; pectoral fin rays 16-18, uppermost branched pectoral fin ray is usually the third (rarely second to fourth); lacrimal usually with 2 spines over maxilla that point at nearly right angle from each other, posterior pointing ventrally and slightly anteriorly; occipital pit is well-developed; anteriormost mandibular lateral line pores are widely separated; scales small, emarginate, no distinct ctenii; scale rows in longitudinal series 56-60; no scales on chest and pectoral fin base; cirri well developed over entire head and body, no cirri on lower jaw (Ref. 122805).

أحياء     المصطلحات (على سبيل المثال epibenthic)

Solitary and sedentary. Common among rocks and algae. Feeds on small fishes (gobies, blennies), crustaceans and other invertebrates (Ref. 4570).

Life cycle and mating behavior النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae

المرجع الرئيسي Upload your references | مراجع | المنظم | المتعاونين

Fricke, R., D. Golani, B. Applebaum-Golani and U. Zajonz, 2018. Scorpaena decemradiata new species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, a species distinct from Scorpaena porcus. Scientia Marina 82(3):1-16. (Ref. 122805)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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