THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Scorpaenidae · Clear filter
194 records · page 1 of 4
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Brachypterois serrulata (Richardson, 1846) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot, 1869) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caracanthus typicus Krøyer, 1845 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pygmy coral croucherCaracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrochirus koyo Matsunuma & Motomura, 2019 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| zebra turkeyfishDendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein, 1884) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebosia falcata Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1978 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebosia saya Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebosia vespertina Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipposcorpaena filamentosa Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Idiastion hageyi McCosker, 2008 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Idiastion kyphos Eschmeyer, 1965 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| decoy scorpionfishIracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nemapterois biocellatus Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neochirus brachyptera (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neochirus tuamotuensis (Matsunuma & Motomura, 2013) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps (Fowler, 1938) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe bauchotae Poss & Duhamel, 1991 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe beanorum (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe costata Matsumoto & Motomura, 2024 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe folgori (Postel & Roux, 1964) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spinycheek scorpionfishNeomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe kaufmani (Herre, 1952) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe naevosa Motomura, Béarez & Causse, 2011 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe pallidimacula (Fowler, 1938) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe parallelaspina Matsumoto & Motomura, 2024 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe procurva Chen, 1981 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neomerinthe rufescens (Gilbert, 1905) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoscorpaena nielseni (Smith, 1964) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena armata (Sauvage, 1873) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell, 1838) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith, 1957 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| McAdam's scorpionfishParascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mozambique scorpionfishParascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parascorpaena poseidon Chou & Liao, 2022 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phenacoscorpius adenensis Norman, 1939 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin & Mandrytsa, 1992 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phenacoscorpius longilineatus Motomura, Causse & Struthers, 2012 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phenacoscorpius longirostris Motomura & Last, 2009 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phenacoscorpius trispinis Matsumoto & Motomura, 2025 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pogonoscorpius sechellensis Regan, 1908 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
194 records · page 1 of 4
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.