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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| deepreef scorpionfishScorpaenodes tredecimspinosus (Metzelaar, 1919) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenodes tribulosus Eschmeyer, 1969 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blotchfin scorpionfishScorpaenodes varipinnis Smith, 1957 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rainbow scorpionfishScorpaenodes xyris (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis altirostris Gilbert, 1905 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis barbata (Rüppell, 1838) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis brevifrons Eschmeyer & Randall, 1975 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis cacopsis Jenkins, 1901 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (Thunberg, 1793) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis cotticeps Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis crenulata Motomura & Causse, 2011 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| devil scorpionfishScorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri Randall & Greenfield, 2004 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| humpbacked scorpionfishScorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis gigas Matsumoto & Motomura, 2025 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis gilchristi (Smith, 1957) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis insperatus Motomura, 2004 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis longispina Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis macrochir Ogilby, 1910 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis neglecta Heckel, 1837 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis obtusa Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis orientalis Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis papuensis (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis pluralis Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis pusilla Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2002 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaenopsis rubrimarginata Fricke, Durville & Mulochau, 2013 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| raggy scorpionfishScorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes ballieui (Sauvage, 1875) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes coniorta Jenkins, 1903 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann, 1934) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes galactacma Jenkins, 1903 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spineblotch scorpionfishSebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes nuchalis (Günther, 1874) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barchin scorpionfishSebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes taeniophrys (Fowler, 1943) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler, 1946) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| leaf scorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thysanichthys crossotus Jordan & Starks, 1904 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai Nakabo & Yamada, 1996 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.