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Bigscale Scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Scorpaeniformes - scorpionfishes and flatheads »  family Scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes and allies »  genus Scorpaena

Scientific synonyms

Scorpaena barbata (non Bonnaterre, 1788)
Scorpaena barbata (non Gronow, 1854)
Scorpaena lutea Risso, 1810
Scorpaena natalensis Regan, 1906
Scorpaenopsis natalensis (Regan, 1906)
Sebastapistes scorfa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names

= Large-scaled Scorpion Fish
= Largescaled Scorpionfish
= Orange Scorpionfish
= Red Scorpion-fish
= Red Scorpionfish

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IUCN category:
Least Concern

Images

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Author: Elias Neideck

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Author: Elias Neideck

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

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Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Author: Pavel Zuber

Scorpaena scrofa - Bigscale Scorpionfish

Author: Pavel Zuber

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [1759]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/24354]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [198748]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [6745:meersau-drachenkopf-scorpaena-scrofa&Itemid=705]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
CZ Hanel L., Plíštil J., Novák J. (2011): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces). 7. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) Kostnatí (Neopterygii) [Ropušnicotvaří (Scorpaeniformes) – ostnoploutví (Perciformes) – Percoidei], Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha, 148 str. [as Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 19 August 2019
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