Scientific Name
Trachyscorpia carnomagula

Common Name
Deepsea Scorpionfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Vertebrae: 26. Tympanic spines present; upper-jaw lip well developed, covering most of premaxillary tooth band laterally; no scales on lateral surface of maxilla; 57?63 scale rows in longitudinal series; second pelvicfin soft ray short (17.9-24.9% SL, mean 20.3%), shorter than upper-jaw length; body deep (depth 34.3-42.5% of SL, mean 38.0%); orbit diameter large (14.1?18.0% of SL, mean 16.1%); pelvic-fin spine short (9.4?15.9% of SL, mean 12.4%); first anal-fin spine short (5.1?7.7% of SL, mean 6.4%); head profile convex; swimbladder present; head and trunk whitish with two blackish bands from eye on head and 4 blackish saddles on body in preserved specimens (Ref. 58335).

Classification

Classified By

Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2007

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads (Sebastidae)

Distribution

Region

Pacific Ocean

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: currently known only from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Tasman Sea and northern New Zealand) at depths of 731-1020 m. One specimen (CSIRO H 2625-02, 263.3 mm SL, non-type), tentatively identified as T. carnomagula in ref. 58335 , was collected from southwest of Western Australia, Indian Ocean, at a depth of 738?750 m. Trachyscorpia carnomagula co-occurs with T. eschmeyeri.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

731 m

Depth To - meters

1020 m

Zone

benthopelagic

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 731 - 1020 m (Ref. 58335)

Trophic Level

3.86 s.e. 0.54 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

36.9 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries:

Vulnerability

High vulnerability (62 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated