© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Scorpaena guttata Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Fish Fish species NCSM SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. FishBase 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features red brown - body and fins dense dark spots 73-86 vertical rows scales Head large, depressed, spiny; deep depression before and behind eye; ridge below eye normally without spines, but sometimes wiith 2-3 spines; no skin flaps on head or body; teeth on sides and front of roof of mouth; 15-19 spines on first gill arch; dorsal XII, 9; pectoral 17-19 rays, upper rays branched; anal III, 5; scales smooth, 24-26 on lateral line; 73-86 vertical rows of scales. Body, head and fins red-brown; body densely covered with dark brown and black spots; fins with large dark spots, those on dorsal fin in 2-3 rows. Size: 47 cm. Habitat: rocky, sandy and rubble bottoms. Depth: 1-183 m. California to lower Baja, with an isolated population in the upper half of the Gulf of California. Attributes Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 183 m. Depth Range Min: 1 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish; bony fishes. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=37; Southern limit=25; Western limit=-122; Eastern limit=-111; Latitudinal range=12; Longitudinal range=11. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; TEP non-endemic; All species. Habitat: Sand & gravel; Rocks; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef (rock &/or coral); 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: 47 cm. Regional Endemism: California province, primarily; Continent only; Continent; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Girard, C., 1854., Observations upon a collection of Fishes made on the Pacific coast of the United States, by Liut. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A., for the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 7:142-156. Gotshall, D.W., 1996., Fishes of Rocas Alijos. In Rocas Alijos. Ed. R. W. Schmieder. Cornell Expeditions., Kluwer Academic Publishers: 347-354. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Pondella II, D.J., Gintert, B.E., Cobb, J.R., Allen, L.G., 2005., Biogeography of the nearshore rocky-reef fishes at the southern and Baja California islands., Journal of Biogeography, 32:187-201. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Scorpaena&speciesname=guttata ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Scorpaena&speciesname=guttata http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Scorpaena&speciesname=guttata ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Scorpaena&speciesname=guttata https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Scorpaena&speciesname=guttata ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Scorpaena-guttata.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Scorpaena Species in    Scorpaenidae - Classification - Scorpaeninae Scorpaenidae Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Teleostei Chordata Animalia Scorpaena guttata Girard , 1854 California scorpionfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Scorpaena guttata   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Scorpaena guttata Picture by Love, M. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae Etymology: Scorpaena: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Girard . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 26 - 183 m (Ref. 2850 ), usually ? - 30 m (Ref. 2850 ). Subtropical; 37°N - 27°N, 123°W - 112°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Pacific: Santa Cruz in central California, USA to Punta Abreojos, Baja California; including northern Gulf of California and Guadalupe Island in Mexico. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 43.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4690 ); max. reported age: 21 years (Ref. 56049 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Usually occurs in rocky areas of bays and along shore, especially in caves and crevices (Ref. 2850 ). Prefers depths less than 26 m (Ref. 121641 ). An excellent food fish (Ref. 2850 ). Venomous spines in the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins (Ref 13513). Minimum depth range based on occurrence (Ref. 121641 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann , 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Venomous (Ref. 4690 ) Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools E-book | Field guide | Length-frequency wizard | Life-history tool | Point map | Classification Tree | Catch-MSY | Special reports Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets Download XML Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos Internet sources AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | RFE Identification | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record Estimates based on models Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 18.9 - 22.4, mean 20.8 °C (based on 10 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01950 (0.01150 - 0.03306), b=3.07 (2.93 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.8   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Generation time: 8.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.12-0.3; tmax = 21; tm = 2). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Low . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 72 [37, 169] mg/100g; Iron = 1.01 [0.54, 2.09] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.1, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.538 [0.254, 1.425] g/100g; Selenium = 31.1 [15.6, 80.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.5 [5.8, 48.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.769 [0.543, 1.121] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-04-27 02:00:28 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation