Scorpaena
Sign in to saveScorpaena is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.
Species
フサカサゴ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyScorpaenidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded168,757
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 914
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Collections
- TCWC, CUMV, ECOSUR, SIO, USNM, UA
- Recorded in
- Honduras, United States, Mexico, Curacao, Galapagos Islands, Taiwan, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scorpaenidae
- Image
- Scorpaena loppei.jpg
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- Scorpaena
- taxon name
- Scorpaena
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Scorpaena
- taxon common name
- bodika
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- Distribution and habitat
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Scorpaena is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.
==Taxonomy== Scorpaena was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his Systema Naturae. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated S. porcus as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, skorpaina, an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of S. scrofa.
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