#2201 · 🐟 fish

Black Scorpionfish

🇳🇱 Bruine schorpioenvis ·Scorpaena porcus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bernat Espigulé · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
6. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Golfo di Taranto, Puglia, IT:© Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Las Palmas, Spain:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Messina, Sicily, IT:© giancarlo_torre · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Taranto, Apulia, IT:© Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The black scorpionfish ( Scorpaena porcus ) is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, near the coasts of Morocco, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,760iNaturalist 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.
3,760 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).