WoRMS taxon details
Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866
127243 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127243)
accepted
Species
Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Troschel, F. H. (1866). Ein Beitrag zur ichthyologischen Fauna der Inseln des Grünen Vorgebirges. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 32 (pt. 1): 190-239, Pl. 5., available online at https://ia801504.us.archive.org/21/items/biostor-67140/biostor-67140.pdf [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127243 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Troschel, F. H. (1866). Ein Beitrag zur ichthyologischen Fauna der Inseln des Grünen Vorgebirges. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 32 (pt. 1): 190-239, Pl. 5., available online at https://ia801504.us.archive.org/21/items/biostor-67140/biostor-67140.pdf [details]
original description (of Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881) Steindachner, F. (1881). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Meeresfische Afrikas's (und Beschreibung einer neuen Sargus-Art von den Galapagos-Inseln). <em>Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 18 (no. 16) : 157-160. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881) Steindachner, F. (1881). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Meeresfische Afrikas's (und Beschreibung einer neuen Sargus-Art von den Galapagos-Inseln). <em>Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 18 (no. 16) : 157-160. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner, 1881)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS