Trachyscorpia echinata, Spiny scorpionfish : fisheries

Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896)

Spiny scorpionfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastolobinae
Etymology: Trachyscorpia: Greek, trachys, -eia, y = rough + Greek, skorpis, idos = a kind of fish without identification (Ref. 45335).

Taxonomic Remarks
In almost all references, Trachyscorpia cristulata is mentioned by its subspecies (see ECoF), that we tentatively recognized here at species rank, T.c. cristulata (West Atlantic) and T.c. echinata (East Atlantic) until further work clarify the situation. Motomura et al. (2007:33) suggest that this subspecies is a distinct species and direct comparison of specimens must be done (Ref. 75873).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 2500 m (Ref. 4510). Deep-water; 58°N - 12°N, 18°W - 1°W

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Eastern Atlantic: Ireland to Senegal. Also known from the Mediterranean (Ref. 32504).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118486)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs over muddy sand bottoms (Ref. 4570). Probably oviparous with eggs extruded in floating gelatinous masses. Feeds on deep-sea benthic crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes (Ref. 43448).

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Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990. Scorpaenidae. p. 665-679. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4510)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00851 (0.00455 - 0.01594), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		4.2   ±0.58 se; based on food items.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Unknown.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 20 [8, 57] mg/100g; Iron = 0.441 [0.202, 0.994] mg/100g; Protein = 16.8 [15.1, 18.6] %; Omega3 = 0.632 [0.265, 1.765] g/100g; Selenium = 26.1 [10.6, 67.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.5 [3.9, 73.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.37 [0.20, 0.61] mg/100g (wet weight);