stone scorpionfish
Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Scorpaena mystes Subject: Scorpaena, Scorpionfishes Tag: Fish
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Open encyclopedia reference
Pacific spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena mystes), or the stone scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the largest species in the genus Scorpaena and, like the other species in that genus, it is protected by venomous spines.
Wikipedia contributors, Pacific spotted scorpionfish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:33:50.374000+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895
- Name authority
- Jordan & Starks, 1895
- Common name
- stone scorpionfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Scorpaena
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderScorpaenoidei
- familyScorpaenidae Risso, 1827
- subfamilyScorpaeninae Risso, 1827
- genusScorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesScorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scorpaena. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scorpaena afuerae Hildebrand, 1946 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longfin scorpionfishScorpaena agassizii Goode & Bean, 1896 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| coral scorpionfishScorpaena albifimbria Evermann & Marsh, 1900 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena annobonae Eschmeyer, 1969 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena ascensionis Eschmeyer, 1971 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| goosehead scorpionfishScorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh, 1900 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage, 1878) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena colorata (Gilbert, 1905) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena fernandeziana Steindachner, 1875 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena hatizyoensis Matsubara, 1943 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner, 1866 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scorpaena plumieri mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895 Jordan & Starks, 1895 | synonym |
| Holoscorpaena didymogramma Fowler, 1944 Fowler, 1944 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jordan, D. S. (1895). The fishes of Sinaloa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2), v. 5: 377–514, Pls. 26–55. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VWT3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.