WoRMS taxon details
Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842
274702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274702)
accepted
Species
Ruboralga cardinalis (Solander & Richardson, 1842) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Ruboralga cookii (Günther, 1874) · unaccepted
Scorpaena cooki Günther, 1874 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scorpaena plebeia Solander, 1842 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Richardson, J. (1842). Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia. [Continued from p. 131.]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (New Series) v. 9 (no. 57): 207-218. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274702 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, J. (1842). Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia. [Continued from p. 131.]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (New Series) v. 9 (no. 57): 207-218. [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 (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena cardinalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena cooki Günther, 1874)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scorpaena plebeia Solander, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ruboralga cookii (Günther, 1874))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cardinalis FIN033382 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cardinalis FIN033383 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cookii USNM 403400 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scorpaena cardinalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena cooki Günther, 1874)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scorpaena plebeia Solander, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ruboralga cookii (Günther, 1874))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cardinalis FIN033382 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cardinalis FIN033383 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cookii USNM 403400 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Scorpaena cookii Günther, 1874)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
