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Scorpaena porcus (Black scorpion fish; Black scorpionfish; Black scorpion-fish; European scorpionfish; Rascasse; Sea pig; Sea scorpion; Smallscaled scorpionfish; Small-scaled scorpionfish; Small-scaled scorpion fish)

Synonyms: Scorpaena erythraea; Scorpaena klausewitzi
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Wikipedia Abstract

The black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) is a venomous Scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, near the coasts of Morocco, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Isles of Scilly Complex 66350 England, United Kingdom    
Karadagskiy Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik 13876 Ukraine  
Miramare Marine Park Biosphere Reserve 717 Italy  
Plymouth Sound and Estuaries 15820 England, United Kingdom
Tintagel–Marsland–Clovelly Coast 6004 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Crangon crangon (common shrimp)[1]
Lissa chiragra[2]
Mullus barbatus ponticus[1]
Pilumnus hirtellus (bristly crab)[2]
Upogebia pusilla (Mediterranean mud shrimp)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Feeding Habits of Black Scorpionfish Scorpaena porcus, in the South-Eastern Black Sea, Nimet Selda Başçınar, Hacer Sağlam, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 9: 99-103 (2009)
♦ 2Food and Feeding Habits of Black Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus L. 1758) (Pisces, Scorpaenidae) Along the Adriatic Coast, A. Pallaoro and I. Jardas, Acta Adriat., 32(2):885-898 (1991)
♦ 3Gibson, 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