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Spotted Scorpionfish

Scorpaena plumieri

Classification

Scorpaena plumieri, the spotted scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Scorpaena plumieri was first formally described in 1789 by the German physician and naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch with the type locality given as Martinique.

Distribution

Larry Morin · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 443Netherlands · 308France · 217Mexico · 101United Kingdom · 62Brazil · 34Cuba · 15