WoRMS taxon details
Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833
274721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274721)
accepted
Species
Helicolenus maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted
Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898 · unaccepted
Sebastapistes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Sebastes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted
Sebastipistes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274721 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Gunn, J. A. Jr. (1898). List of fishes collected at the Canary Islands by Mr. O. F. Cook, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 50: 339-347. [details]
original description (of Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898) Jordan, D. S.; Gunn, J. A. Jr. (1898). List of fishes collected at the Canary Islands by Mr. O. F. Cook, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 50: 339-347. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | עקרבנון מדירה | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σκορπιός Μαδέιρας | [details] |
| Turkish | iskorpit | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Helicolenus maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sebastes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena maderensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Helicolenus maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastipistes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (276 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Helicolenus maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sebastes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena maderensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Helicolenus maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastipistes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastes maderensis (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena rubellio Jordan & Gunn, 1898)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (276 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Scorpaena madurensis Valenciennes, 1833)
To ITIS