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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads
Subfamily: Sebastolobinae
Genus: Trachyscorpia

(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)

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Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 36.9 cm SL
 
Trachyscorpia carnomagula
[Deepsea Scorpionfish]

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.
 
Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata
[Atlantic thornyhead]

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata (Köhler, 1896)

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.
 
Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata
[Spiny scorpionfish]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970

Photo by SFSA
 
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri
[Cape rockfish]
No picture found
Indian Ocean
Max. Length 21.9 cm SL
 
Trachyscorpia longipedicula
[Stylish Scorpionfish]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 14.7 cm SL
 
Trachyscorpia osheri
[]

Photo by Béarez, P.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 29.8 cm SL
Trachyscorpia verai Béarez & Motomura, 2009

Photo by Béarez, P.
 
Trachyscorpia verai
[Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish]
7 Species of Family Sebastidae with Genus Trachyscorpia
(Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2007 Trachyscorpia carnomagula Deepsea Scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 36.9 SL
1896 Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata Atlantic thornyhead Western Atlantic 50 SL
1896 Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata Spiny scorpionfish Eastern Atlantic 50 SL
1970 Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Cape rockfish Southeast Atlantic 35 SL
2007 Trachyscorpia longipedicula Stylish Scorpionfish Indian Ocean 21.9 SL
2008 Trachyscorpia osheri Southeast Pacific 14.7 SL
2009 Trachyscorpia verai Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 29.8 SL



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