Scorpaena notata, Small red scorpionfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810

Small red scorpionfish
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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: Rafinesque.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 10 - 700 m (Ref. 4510). Subtropical; 15°C - 26°C (Ref. 130593); 45°N - 12°N, 32°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Senegal, Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean (rare in northern Adriatic) and the Black Sea (as Scorpaena notata afimbria).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 115876); common length : 12.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); edad máxima reportada: 8 años (Ref. 91186)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 4570). Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' (Ref. 12382).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Hureau, J.-C. and N.I. Litvinenko, 1986. Scorpaenidae. p. 1211-1229. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol 3. (Ref. 4570)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 12382)





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