FB-1203 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1203 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Serranoidei Serranidae Diplectrum Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus, 1766) Skorpena cetkowana Aniquim Aniquim-beatriz Aniquim-de-pedra Baetinha Beatinha Beatriz Biriati Briati Mamangá Mangangá Moreiati Moriati Niquim Niquim-da-pedra Niquim-de-pedra Peixe-escorpião Peixe-pedra Sarrão Gurnard Lion fish Pacific spotted scorpionfish Prickly hind Spotted scorpionfish St. Ann's bay Stinging grouper Vöödiline meripuuk Rascasse noire Madara-fusakasago Arracacho Escoprión rascacio Escorpión negro Rascacio Rascacio multicolor Rascacio negro Rascana Rascasio Rascasio negro Rascaso Sapo chaznete negro Veneno Brantfes kòrá Brantkonofeshi 普氏鮋 普氏鲉 Scorpaena agassizii (non Goode & Bean, 1896) Scorpaena albofasciata Metzelaar, 1919 Scorpaena brasiliensis (non Cuvier, 1829) Scorpaena bufo Cuvier, 1829 Scorpaena colonensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 Scorpaena plumieri plumieri Bloch, 1789 Scorpaena plumierii Bloch, 1789 Scorpaena rascacio Poey, 1860 Scorpaena scrofina Valenciennes, 1833 1990-10-17 2010-04-05 Robins, C.R., R.M. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Scplu_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Scplu_u0.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2022-08-05 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Found mostly in shallow coral reef and rocky areas. Lies motionless on the bottom (Ref. 9710). Feeds mostly on other fishes and crustaceans. Moderately common below about 5 m depth to at least 55 m. Displays characteristic bright white spots on dark background of pectoral axil when disturbed (Ref. 49392). Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland (Ref. 57406). Eaten locally and said to taste a bit like chicken. Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392). Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst 1999 Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 4. 424 p. (Ref. 35505) FB-DiagnosticDescr-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-12 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Occipital pit present; three to four spines on part of preorbital overlapping maxillary; large white spots on dark background on inner basal part of pectoral fin (unclear in specimens smaller than 3 cm SL) (Ref. 13608). Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) 1983 Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608) FB-Morphology-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-12 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5 Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) 1983 Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608) FB-Distribution-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2025-02-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Massachusetts, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena. Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-Uses-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2022-08-05 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial; price category: low; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus Eschmeyer, W.N. 1978 Scorpaenidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 4. FAO, Rome. pag. var. (Ref. 3812) Monteiro-Neto, C., F.E.A. Cunha, M.C. Nottingham, M.E. Araújo, I.L. Rosa and G.M.L. Barros 2003 Analysis of the marine ornamental fish trade at Ceará State, northeast Brazil. Biodivers. Conserv. 12:1287-1295. (Ref. 49392) FB-LifeCycle-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2022-08-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=1201&StockCode=1217 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oviparous (Ref. 36715). Moser, H.G. 1996 Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes and rockfishes. p. 733-795. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 36715) FB-TrophicStrategy-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-04-07 00:00:00 2023-05-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ plumieri Found mostly in shallow coral reef and rocky areas. Lies motionless on the bottom (Ref. 9710). Feeds mostly on other fishes and crustaceans. Moderately common below about 5 m depth to at least 55 m. Displays characteristic bright white spots on dark background of pectoral axil when disturbed (Ref. 49392). Maco-carnivore (Ref. 126840). Dwells in seagrass habitats in Belize. Forms facultative associations with sea anemones (Ref. 128695). Randall, J.E. 1967 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. FB-Size-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2022-08-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 45.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5288)); max. published weight: 1,550 g (Ref. 40637) Edwards, A. 1990 Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Ref. 5288) IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-1201 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2022-08-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1201 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 70 m (Ref. 126840), usually 5 - 55 m (Ref. 5288) Simon, T., H.T. Pinheiro, R.L. Moura, A. Carvalho-Filho, L.A. Rocha, A.S. Martins, E. Mazzei, R.B. Francini-Filho, G.M. Amado-Filho and J.-C. Joyeux 2016 Mesophotic fishes of the Abrolhos Shelf, the largest reef ecosystem in the South Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 89:990-1001. (Ref. 126840) Edwards, A. 1990 Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Ref. 5288)