Reddish scorpionfish (Scorpaena russula)

Scientific name: Scorpaena russula Jordan & Bollman, 1890

Reddish scorpionfish (Scorpaena russula)

The Reddish scorpionfish (Scorpaena russula) is a marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Culiac?n, Sinaloa, Mexico to Peru.

Species facts

Scientific name
Scorpaena russula
Family
Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.0
Common length
9.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Culiac?n, Sinaloa, Mexico to Peru.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Venomous
Uses
Fisheries:
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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