Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaena: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 20 - 40 m (Ref. 2683); subtropical; 47°N - 12°N32°W - 36°E.

Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, and Morocco to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Senegal. Also known from several localities in the Mediterranean Sea.

Max length: 17.8 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 47289); common length: 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 4570); max. published weight: 107.72 g (Ref. 122896).

Inhabits shallow coastal waters (Ref. 2683); rocky areas and favours habitats with generous brown algal growth, rocky depressions and ledges and small boulders (Ref. 95708). Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 4570). Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland (Ref. 57406).

Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster 1990 Scorpaenidae. p. 665-679. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4510)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: July 15 2014

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Venomous (Ref. 57406)

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.3 - 19.7, mean 17.2 °C (based on 27 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00766 - 0.01720), b=2.99 (2.87 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; Based on food items.

Generation time: 4.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low; Questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 128 [61, 335] mg/100g; Iron = 1.16 [0.61, 2.34] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.3, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.621 [0.263, 1.659] g/100g; Selenium = 16.7 [7.2, 43.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 28.7 [9.3, 89.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.1 [0.7, 1.6] mg/100g (wet weight);