Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810
Small red scorpionfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaena: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Rafinesque.
Etymology: Scorpaena: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Rafinesque.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 700 m (Ref. 4510). Subtropical; 15°C - 26°C (Ref. 130593); 45°N - 12°N, 32°W - 42°E
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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Senegal, Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean (rare in northern Adriatic) and the Black Sea (as Scorpaena notata afimbria).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 115876); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); max. reported age: 8 years (Ref. 91186)
Max length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 115876); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); max. reported age: 8 years (Ref. 91186)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 4570). Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' (Ref. 12382).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Hureau, J.-C. and N.I. Litvinenko, 1986. Scorpaenidae. p. 1211-1229. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol 3. (Ref. 4570)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous (Ref. 12382)
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Body composition
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01318 (0.01171 - 0.01484), b=3.01 (2.98 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.2-0.4; tmax=8; Fec=5,807). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Low. |
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 107 [54, 272] mg/100g; Iron = 1.29 [0.67, 2.54] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [17.0, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.71 [0.32, 1.95] g/100g; Selenium = 39.4 [18.7, 89.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15 [5, 42] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.787 [0.541, 1.183] mg/100g (wet weight); |