Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Scorpaenoidei > Family Scorpaenidae > Subfamily Scorpaeninae > Genus Scorpaena

Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scorpaena*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scorpaena madurensis*	Valenciennes, 1833	orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Σκορπιός Μαδέιρας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: עקרבנון מדירה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: iskorpit

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.].
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Scorpaena maderensis, Madeira Is., by Wirtz, P.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, 1833. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274721