WoRMS taxon details
Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789
159564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159564)
accepted
Species
Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919 · unaccepted
Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789 · unaccepted
Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Scorpaena plumieri mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895 accepted as Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895
- Subspecies Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789 accepted as Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bloch, M. E. (1789). Tvä utlaendska fiskar. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> v. 10: 234-236. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, New York (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension...
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, New York (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159564 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Bloch, M. E. (1789). Tvä utlaendska fiskar. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> v. 10: 234-236. [details]
original description (of Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
original description (of Scorpaena bufo 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): 306 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena scrofina 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 colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Meek. (1928). The marine fishes of Panama. Part III. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709-1045, Pls. 72-102. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
original description (of Scorpaena bufo 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): 306 [details]
original description (of Scorpaena scrofina 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 colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Meek. (1928). The marine fishes of Panama. Part III. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709-1045, Pls. 72-102. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet mostly fishes and crustraceans [details]Dimensions max. 450 mm TL [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, New York (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena. [details]
Habitat reef-associated; marine ; depth range 1 - 60 m [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance aquarium trade, commercial, venomous [details]
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena plumieri)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena colonensis RAD112861-001) (from synonym Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena colonensis RAD112861-001) (from synonym Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena plumieri RAD112872-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena plumieri RAD112873-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena plumieri)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena colonensis RAD112861-001) (from synonym Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena colonensis RAD112861-001) (from synonym Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena plumieri RAD112872-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena plumieri RAD112873-001)
To ITIS
