Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Scorpaenidae > Scorpaena > Scorpaena cardinalis

Scorpaena cardinalis (red scorpionfish; Red scorpion-cod; Red rock cod; Prickly heat; Ocean perch; Northern scorpionfish; Fire cod; Eastern red scorpionfish; Eastern red scorpioncod; Coral perch; Coral cod; Cardinal scorpionfish; Billy bougain)

Synonyms: Ruboralga cardinalis; Ruboralga cookii; Scorpaena cooki; Scorpaena cookii; Scorpaena plebeia
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern red scorpionfish, grandfather hapuku, New Zealand scorpionfish, or New Zealand red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis, is a scorpionfish of the family Scorpaenidae, found in New Zealand and southern Australia.
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Prey / Diet

Petrolisthes novaezelandiae[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cheilodactylus spectabilis (Red moki)1
Hypoplectrodes huntii (Redbanded perch)1
Nemadactylus douglasii (Blue morwong)1
Notolabrus celidotus (Spotty)1
Notolabrus fucicola (Yellow-saddled wrasse)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Alcicornis longicornutus[2]
Tubulovesicula angusticauda[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1B. C. Russell (1983): The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north‐eastern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 17:2, 121-145
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0