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Common names: Atlantic thornyhead, Scorpion-fish, Spiny scorpionfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Swaby, S.E. and G.W. Potts, 1990
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Uses: no uses
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Main Ref: Swaby, S.E. and G.W. Potts, 1990
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Common names from other countries

Rascasse épineuse, Rascacio espinoso, Rascasse épineuse, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastolobinae
Etymology: Trachyscorpia: Greek, trachys, -eia, y = rough + Greek, skorpis, idos = a kind of fish without identification (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Motomura et al. (2007:33) suggest that this subspecies is perhaps a distinct species and direct comparison of specimens must be done (Ref. 75873).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 2500 m (Ref. 4510). Deep-water; 58°N - 12°N, 18°W - 1°W

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Eastern Atlantic: Ireland to Senegal. Also known from the Mediterranean (Ref. 32504).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118486)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6.

Occurs over muddy sand bottoms (Ref. 4570). Probably oviparous with eggs extruded in floating gelatinous masses. Feeds on deep-sea benthic crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes (Ref. 43448).

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Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990. Scorpaenidae. p. 665-679. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4510)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.6 - 10.9, mean 9.9 (based on 23 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00452 - 0.01601), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.58 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896)