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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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Scorpaena afuerae Hildebrand, 1946 |
Peruvian scorpionfish |
southeast Pacific
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Scorpaena agassizii Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 |
longfin scorpionfish |
North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America
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Scorpaena albifimbria Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900 |
coral scorpionfish |
southern Florida, USA and the Bahamas to Curaçao and probably northern South America
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Scorpaena angolensis Norman, 1935 |
Angola rockfish |
Mauritania to Angola, including Cape Verde
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Scorpaena annobonae Eschmeyer, 1969 |
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on rough bottom at Annobon Island
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Scorpaena ascensionis Eschmeyer, 1971 |
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Southeast Atlantic
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Scorpaena azorica Eschmeyer, 1969 |
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Northeastern Atlantic region in European waters
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Scorpaena bergii Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900 |
goosehead scorpionfish |
Bermuda, New York to Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Mexico to northern South America
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Scorpaena brachyptera Eschmeyer, 1965 |
shortfin scorpionfish |
southern Florida in USA and Panama to Venezuela
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Scorpaena brasiliensis G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Barbfish |
Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
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Scorpaena brevispina Motomura & Senou, 2008 |
Japanese shortspined scorpionfish |
Japan
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Scorpaena bulacephala Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2005 |
bullhead scorpionfish |
Norfolk Island and off Lord Howe Island, in the northern Tasman Sea.
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Scorpaena calcarata Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882 |
smooth-head scorpionfish |
Canada to North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
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Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage, 1878 |
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Canary Islands and Madeira Island
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Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & J. Richardson, 1842 |
eastern red scorpionfish |
northern New Zealand and offshore islands of the Tasman Sea
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Scorpaena cocosensis Motomura, 2004 |
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Cocos Island and Galápagos
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Scorpaena colorata (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) |
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Hawaiian Islands
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Scorpaena dispar Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 |
hunchback scorpionfish |
Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Brazil
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Scorpaena elachys Eschmeyer, 1965 |
dwarf scorpionfish |
Florida in USA and Antilles
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Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943 |
slender rockfish |
Mediterranean Sea and Morocco to off northern Namibia
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Scorpaena fernandeziana Steindachner, 1875 |
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Desventuradas Is. and Juan Fernández Is.
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Scorpaena gasta Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2006 |
ghostly scorpionfish |
Western Australia
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Scorpaena grandicornis G. Cuvier, 1829 |
plumed scorpionfish |
Bermuda, Florida (USA), and Honduras to southern Brazil
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Scorpaena grandisquamis J. D. Ogilby, 1910 |
bigscale scorpionfish |
Australia
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Scorpaena grattanica Trunov, 2006 |
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Grattan Bank, Ascension Island
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Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854 |
California scorpionfish |
Santa Cruz in central California, USA to Punta Abreojos, Baja California; including northern Gulf of California and Guadalupe Island in Mexico
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Scorpaena hatizyoensis Matsubara, 1943 |
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Hachijôjima, Japan
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Scorpaena hemilepidota Fowler, 1938 |
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Philippines
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Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840 |
player scorpionfish |
Mazatlán, Sonora, Mexico to Chile, from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Galapagos Islands
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Scorpaena inermis G. Cuvier, 1829 |
mushroom scorpionfish |
Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan (Mexico) to Curaçao
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Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 |
smooth-cheek scorpionfish |
South Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
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Scorpaena izensis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
Izu scorpionfish |
Indo-West Pacific
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Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner, 1866 |
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coastal water of eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to Victoria
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Scorpaena lacrimata J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2004 |
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Tahiti
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Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866 |
Senegalese rockfish |
Mauritania to Pointe Noire, Congo and including the Azores, and Cape Verde
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Scorpaena loppei Cadenat, 1943 |
Cadenat's rockfish |
Morocco, Mauritania, Portugal, Atlantic coast of Spain, Cyprus and the Mediterranean
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Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833 |
Madeira rockfish |
Azores, Madeira, and Morocco to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Senegal
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Scorpaena melasma Eschmeyer, 1965 |
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Suriname and off Brazil
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Scorpaena mellissii Günther, 1868 |
Melliss's scorpionfish |
St. Helena
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Scorpaena miostoma Günther, 1877 |
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Chiba Prefecture, Japan to Pusan, South Korea
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Scorpaena mystes D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895 |
Pacific spotted scorpionfish |
California, USA to northern Chile, including the Galápagos Islands
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Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 |
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Indo-West Pacific
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Scorpaena normani Cadenat, 1943 |
Norman's rockfish |
Mauritania to southern Angola
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Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 |
small red scorpionfish |
Bay of Biscay to Senegal, Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
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Scorpaena onaria D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 |
western scorpionfish |
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and New Caledonia
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Scorpaena orgila Eschmeyer & G. R. Allen, 1971 |
bold scorpionfish |
Easter Island
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Scorpaena papillosa (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801) |
red rock cod |
southern Australia and New Zealand
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Scorpaena pascuensis Eschmeyer & G. R. Allen, 1971 |
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Easter Island
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Scorpaena pele Eschmeyer & J. E. Randall, 1975 |
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Hawaiian Islands
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Scorpaena pepo Motomura, Poss & K. T. Shao, 2007 |
pumpkin scorpionfish |
Taiwan
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Scorpaena petricola Eschmeyer, 1965 |
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Brazil
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Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789 |
spotted scorpionfish |
Bermuda, Massachusetts, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil Eastern Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena
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Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 |
black scorpionfish |
British Isles to the Azores, and the Canary Islands, including Morocco, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
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Scorpaena regina Wibowo, Johnson & Motomura, 2019 |
Eastern Queen scorpionfish |
Australia
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Scorpaena russula D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 |
reddish scorpionfish |
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico to Peru
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Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 |
Red scorpionfish |
Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean; Atlantic range from British Isles (rare) to Senegal including Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde
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Scorpaena sonorae O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 |
Sonora scorpionfish |
Mexico
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Scorpaena stephanica Cadenat, 1943 |
spotted-fin rockfish |
Mauritania to Angola
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Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875 |
western red scorpionfish |
southwestern Australia
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Scorpaena thomsoni Günther, 1880 |
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Desventuradas Is. and Juan Fernández Is.
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Scorpaena tierrae Hildebrand, 1946 |
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Chile
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Scorpaena uncinata F. de Buen, 1961 |
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Chile
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Scorpaena vesperalis Wibowo & Motomura, 2020
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southwestern Australia
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Scorpaena wellingtoni Victor, 2013[7] |
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Cove on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos
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