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Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789

159564  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159564)

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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. (2024). FishBase. Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159564 on 2024-04-18
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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 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]   

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]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]   

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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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]
LanguageName 
English spotted scorpionfish  [details]
Spanish escorpión negro  [details]