#2224 · 🐟 fish

Red Scorpionfish

🇳🇱 Rode schorpioenvis ·Scorpaena scrofa

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

Scorpaena scrofa , common name the red scorpionfish , Bigscale scorpionfish , or large-scaled scorpion fish is a venomous marine species of fish in the family Scorpaenidae, the "scorpionfish".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,085iNaturalist 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.
2,085 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).