#2220 · 🐟 fish

Small Red Scorpionfish

🇳🇱 Puistige schorpioenvis ·Scorpaena notata

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Small red scorpionfish ( Scorpaena notata ) is a venomous Scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to Senegal, Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean (rare in northern Adriatic) and the Black Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,203iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,203 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810 (216 years ago).