WoRMS taxon details
Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)
218066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218066)
accepted
Species
Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
Description Inhabits areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Hides...
Description Inhabits areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Hides during the day, ventures out in the open at night. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218066 on 2025-10-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
basis of record Kalk, M. (1958). Ecological studies on the shore of Moçambique. I. The fauna of intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(2): 189-242. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kalk, M. (1958). Ecological studies on the shore of Moçambique. I. The fauna of intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(2): 189-242. [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Hides during the day, ventures out in the open at night. [details]
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parascorpaena mossambica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascorpaena mossambica FIN033340 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascorpaena mossambica FIN033341 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parascorpaena mossambica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena mossambica Peters, 1855)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascorpaena mossambica FIN033340 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parascorpaena mossambica FIN033341 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
