Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875
- Name authority
- Castelnau, 1875
- 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 sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875
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 |
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.
- Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, Part VII (II): 1–52. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:79Z9X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.