Senegalese rockfish (Scorpaena laevis)

Scientific name: Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866

The Senegalese rockfish (Scorpaena laevis) is a marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Mauritania to Pointe Noire, Congo and including the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde. Records from Annobon are questionable.

Species facts

Scientific name: Scorpaena laevis
Family: Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes)
Order: Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 35.0
Common length: 20.0
Depth range: 100 m (328 ft)
Environment: Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 100 m
Climate: Subtropical
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Pointe Noire, Congo and including the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde. Records from Annobon are questionable.
Conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated
Threat to humans: Reports of ciguatera poisoning
Uses: Fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

Last updated 27 September 2026