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Scorpaena
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Agassizii
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Ascensionis
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Annobonae
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Angolensis
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Albifimbria
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Albifimbria - Pone
''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus. The genus name is based on the Greek word for a scorpion, ''skorpaina'', an allusion to the venomous spines Linnaeus mentioned in his description of ''S. scrofa''. Species The 65 recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Scorpaena'' scorpionfishes have a very bony head which is armed with numerous spines. There is a horizontal bony ridge beneath the eyes with 1-4 spines. They have an occipital pit. The uppermost spine on the preoperculum is the longest. There are patches of teeth on the roof of the mouth and at its sides. There are 12 spines and between 7 and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays ...
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Scorpaena Porcus
The black scorpionfish (''Scorpaena porcus''), also known as the European scorpionfish or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, near the coasts of Morocco, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Taxonomy The black scorpionfish was first formally described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' in which he gave the type localities as the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Linnaeus also described the genus ''Scorpaena'' and in 1876 the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker designated ''S. porcus'' as the type species of the genus ''Scorpaena''. The specific name ''porcus'' means "pig", an allusion which Linnaeus did not explain. However, it may reference the belief, originating with Athenaeus who said that he observed this species eating algae or weed and this was mistranslated in th ...
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Scorpaena Afuerae
''Scorpaena afuerae'', the Peruvian scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena afuerae'' was first formally described in 1946 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Frederick Hildebrand with the type locality given as Lobos de Afuera Island off Peru. The type locality is reflected in the specific name. Description ''Scorpaena afuerae'' has a large, spiny head with deep pits in front of and to the rear of the eyes. The suborbital ridge has 3-4 spines. There are teeth in the centre of the roof of the mouth and at its sides. The preoperculum has 5 spines with the uppermost being the largest, with the spine nest to that also being comparatively strong. There is a row of fringed skin flaps along the edge of the preoperculum. There are 3 spines in a row to the rear of the eye and 2 on the upper margin of the operculum. There are skin flaps over ...
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Scorpaena Azorica
''Scorpaena azorica'', the Azores scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This fish occurs in the Northeastern Atlantic region in European waters. This fish is found in demersal and marine environments in subtropical waters, generally on hard bottoms. The maximum recorded length is . Description The Azores scorpionfish has a maximum length of about . The head is broad with a short snout slightly shorter than the diameter of the eye, and upwardly angled mouth. There is a short tentacle just above the eye and several short spines on the head but no flaps of skin decorating the lower jaw though there are a few small ones on the body. The dorsal fin has twelve spines and nine soft rays and the anal fin has two spines and six soft rays. The pectoral fins are large and oval and have eighteen rays, with rays numbered two to seven being branched. There are about forty-four vertical rows of scales on the body but the he ...
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Scorpaenidae
The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. The family is a large one, with hundreds of members. They are widespread in tropical and temperate seas but mostly found in the Indo-Pacific. They should not be confused with the cabezones, of the genus '' Scorpaenichthys'', which belong to a separate, though related, family, Cottidae. Taxonomy Scorpaenidae was described as a family in 1826 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso. The family is included in the suborder Scorpaenoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes in the 5th Edition of ''Fishes of the World'' but other authorities place it in the Perciformes either in the suborder Scorpaenoidei or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea. The subfamilies of this family are treated as valid families by some authorities. Subfamilies and trib ...
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10th Edition Of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done for plants in his 1753 publication of '' Species Plantarum''. Starting point Before 1758, most biological catalogues had used polynomial names for the taxa included, including earlier editions of ''Systema Naturae''. The first work to consistently apply binomial nomenclature across the animal kingdom was the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature therefore chose 1 January 1758 as the "starting point" for zoological nomenclature, and asserted that the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' was to be treated as if published on that date. Names published before that date are unavailable, even if they would otherwise satisfy the rules. The only ...
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Systema Naturae
' (originally in Latin written ' with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomenclature, was partially developed by the Bauhin brothers, Gaspard and Johann, Linnaeus was first to use it consistently throughout his book. The first edition was published in 1735. The full title of the 10th edition (1758), which was the most important one, was ' or translated: "System of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places". The tenth edition of this book (1758) is considered the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In 1766–1768 Linnaeus published the much enhanced 12th edition, the last under his authorship. Another again enhanced work in the same style and titled "'" was published by Johann Friedrich Gmelin between 1788 a ...
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