WoRMS taxon details
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758
127247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127247)
accepted
Species
Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Scorpaena klausewitzi Frøiland, 1972 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127247 on 2025-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scorpaena erythraea 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): 316 [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]
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Scorpaena erythraea 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): 316 [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
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 [request]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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]
[request]additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | shkerpi | [details] |
| Dutch | schorpioenvisbruine schorpioenvis | [details] |
| English | black scorpion-fishblack scorpionfish | [details] |
| French | rascasse bruneracasse noire | [details] |
| German | brauner Drachenkopf | [details] |
| Hebrew | עקרבנון קטן-קשקשים | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μαυροσκορπιός | [details] |
| Russian | Скорпена | [details] |
| Turkish | lipsoz | [details] |
| Ukrainian | СкорпенаМорський йорж чорноморський | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (181 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena porcus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scorpaena klausewitzi Frøiland, 1972)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Scorpaena porcus, Canary Is., by Hernández-González, C.L.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (133 nucleotides; 114 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (181 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena porcus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena erythraea Cuvier, 1829)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scorpaena klausewitzi Frøiland, 1972)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Scorpaena porcus, Canary Is., by Hernández-González, C.L.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (133 nucleotides; 114 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
