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Scorpaena mystes Jordan and Starks, 1895
PACIFIC SPOTTED SCORPIONFISH
Stone Scorpionfish

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Scorpaena mystes
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Overview
Main identification features
  • deep pits before and behind eye
  • mottled + white spots;bars on c
  • inside pectoral: black blotch, rows white spots
  • body: many skin flaps
Dorsal rays XII,9-10; anal rays III,5-6; pectoral rays 18- 21, the lower rays unbranched and thickened; head as deep as broad; a deep pit present behind eye; a smaller pit below and in front of eye; ridge under eye with 3-4 spines; numerous skin flaps on head and body.

Color highly variable, usually a drab mottled mixture of grey, brown, red, green, and black; tail with dark bars; juveniles with pronounced dark bar posteriorly at level of soft dorsal fin; axil of pectoral fin usually dark with white spots, frequently arranged in rows; specimens from the Revillagigedos and Galapagos have more uniformly colored pectoral axils and may represent a separate subspecies.

Size: to 46 cm.

Inhabits weed-covered reefs and open sand- rubble areas.

Depth: 1-85 m.

Southern California through the Gulf of California to Chile, plus the Revillagigedos, Galapagos, Cocos and Malpelo.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 85 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=42; Longitudinal range=40.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef and soft bottom.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 46 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Brackish.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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