WoRMS taxon details
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)
218115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218115)
accepted
Species
Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947 · unaccepted
Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith, 1958 · unaccepted
Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947) · unaccepted
Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870 · unaccepted
Sebastapistes oglinus (Smith, 1947) · unaccepted
Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger, 1870) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena strongia 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): 323 [details]
page(s): 323 [details]
Description Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels to a depth of at least 18 m....
Description Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Venomous spines. A nocturnal species. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218115 on 2025-08-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpaena strongia 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): 323 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870) Klunzinger, C. B. (1870). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 20: 669-834. [details]
original description (of Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith, 1958) Smith, J. L. B. (1958). Fishes of the families Tetrarogidae, Caracanthidae and Synanciidae, from the western Indian Ocean with further notes on scorpaenid fishes. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes.</em> No. 12: 167-181, Pls. 7-8. [details]
original description (of Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
page(s): 323 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870) Klunzinger, C. B. (1870). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 20: 669-834. [details]
original description (of Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith, 1958) Smith, J. L. B. (1958). Fishes of the families Tetrarogidae, Caracanthidae and Synanciidae, from the western Indian Ocean with further notes on scorpaenid fishes. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes.</em> No. 12: 167-181, Pls. 7-8. [details]
original description (of Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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). (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 Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels to a depth of at least 18 m. Venomous spines. A nocturnal species. [details]
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sebastapistes strongia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastapistes oglinus (Smith, 1947))
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947)
To FishBase images (Sebastapistes strongia, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes strongia FIN033572 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes strongia FIN033573 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sebastapistes strongia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastapistes oglinus (Smith, 1947))
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena oglinus (Smith, 1947))
To FishBase (from synonym Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947)
To FishBase images (Sebastapistes strongia, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena strongia Cuvier, 1829)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes strongia FIN033572 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sebastapistes strongia FIN033573 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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