Scorpaena plumieri

Familia: Scorpaenidae
Subfamilia: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Scorpaena
Species: Scorpaena plumieri
Subspecies: S. p. mystes – S. p. plumieri

Scorpaena plumieri

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Name

Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789

Type material: No types known

Type locality: Martinique Island, West Indies

Synonyms

• Scorpaena bufo Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829:306
• Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833:465
• Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860:169
• Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919:145

References

• Bloch, M.E. 1789. Två utlaendska fiskar. Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens nya Handlingar 10: 234–236. Reference page. 
• Nirchio, M., Oliveira, C., Siccha-Ramirez, Z.R., Sene, V.F., Sánchez-Romero, O.R., Ehemann, N.R., Milana, V., Rossi, A.R. & Sola, L. 2016. Cryptic Caribbean species of Scorpaena (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes) suggested by cytogenetic and molecular data. Journal of Fish Biology 89(4): 1947–1957. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13089 Reference page. 

Links

• Scorpaena plumieri in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Scorpaena plumieri in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted scorpionfish

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