WoRMS taxon details
Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829)
218114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218114)
accepted
Species
Parascorpaena mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883 · unaccepted
Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Scorpaena mauritiania Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 322 [details]
page(s): 322 [details]
Description Inhabits outer intertidal reef flats and shallow lagoon reefs exposed to wave action. Venomous spines.
Description Inhabits outer intertidal reef flats and shallow lagoon reefs exposed to wave action. Venomous spines. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218114 on 2025-08-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63.
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878) Sauvage, H.-E. (1878). Description de poissons nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Famille des Scorpénidées, des Platycéphalidées et des Triglidées. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Série 2).</em> v. 1: 109-158, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 322 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878) Sauvage, H.-E. (1878). Description de poissons nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Famille des Scorpénidées, des Platycéphalidées et des Triglidées. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Série 2).</em> v. 1: 109-158, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 322 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits outer intertidal reef flats and shallow lagoon reefs exposed to wave action. Venomous spines. [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parascorpaena mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sebastapistes mauritiana)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Parascorpaena mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase images (Sebastapistes mauritiana, Pitcairn, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes cf. mauritiana USNM 435103 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes mauritiana USNM 408853 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parascorpaena mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sebastapistes mauritiana)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Parascorpaena mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena megastoma Sauvage, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena axillaris Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase images (Sebastapistes mauritiana, Pitcairn, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena mauritiana Cuvier, 1829)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes cf. mauritiana USNM 435103 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes mauritiana USNM 408853 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
