WoRMS taxon details
Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 218102
AphiaID: 218102
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Scorpaeninae (Subfamily) > Scorpaenopsis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Scorpaena gibbosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Scorpaena mesogallica Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling) Scorpaena nesogallica Cuvier, 1829 Scorpaenopsis gibbosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling) Scorpaenopsis nesogallica (Cuvier, 1829) Scorpaeopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Usually found immobile at the bottom camouflaged among rocks and coral. Hunts by ambushing prey (Ref. 5503). Unlike most scorpaenids, the sting from the dorsal spines of this species can be painful but does not pose any real danger to the victim (Ref. 5503). Sold fresh in small quantities in markets. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218102 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scorpaenopsis gibbosa. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218102 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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