Scorpaena


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Scorpaena

 

a genus of fishes of the family Scorpaenidae. They are distributed in subtropical and tropical seas. Two species are found in the USSR, in the Black Sea. The scorpion fish Scorpaena porcus is 7–13 cm long (sometimes up to 30 cm). There are cutaneous outgrowths over the eyes. The coloration is protective; after molting, which occurs once a month, it becomes brighter. The fish is sedentary, hiding on the sea bottom among rocks and algae. When its prey appears (small fishes, worms, crustaceans), the scorpion fish makes a short, rapid assault. The roe are pelagic. The spiny rays of the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins are equipped with poison glands. The fish, which is caught unintentionally with other fishes, has tasty flesh.

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Sizes ranged from 27 mm in the reddish scorpionfish (Scorpaena russula) to 681 mm in the Spotted-tail moray (Gymnothorax equatorialis).
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A New Species of the Genus Tubulovesicula Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Hemiuridae Looss, 1899) From the Fish Pomadasys olivaceum (Day) Off Karachi Coast
As opposed to the widespread pattern of producing individual planktonic eggs, several scorpaenid genera (Sebastolobus, Pterois, Scorpaena) extrude eggs in a floating bilobed gelatinous egg mass.
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maculiferus (Poey 1860), Scorpaena brasiliensis (Cuvier 1829), Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill 1818) y Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum 1792).
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Latent post-impingement survival for the 15 species with 10, or greater, individuals collected alive ranged from 9.1% for queenfish to 100% for four species, including kelp bass, round stingray (Urobatis halleri), California scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata), and brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus) (Table 1).
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