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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Sebastidae Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads
Subfamily: Sebastolobinae
Genus: Trachyscorpia

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7 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 36.9 cm SL
 
Trachyscorpia carnomagula
[Deepsea Scorpionfish]

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)

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Trachyscorpia cristulata
[Atlantic thornyhead]

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 56.9 cm TL
Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896)

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Trachyscorpia echinata
[Spiny scorpionfish]

Photo by Yau, B.

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970

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Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri
[Cape rockfish]
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Max. Length 21.9 cm SL
 
Trachyscorpia longipedicula
[Stylish Scorpionfish]
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Max. Length 14.7 cm SL
 
Trachyscorpia osheri
[]

Photo by Béarez, P.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 29.8 cm SL
Trachyscorpia verai Béarez & Motomura, 2009

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Trachyscorpia verai
[Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Trachyscorpia carnomagula Deepsea Scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 36.9 SL 2007
Trachyscorpia cristulata Atlantic thornyhead Western Atlantic 50 SL 1896
Trachyscorpia echinata Spiny scorpionfish Eastern Atlantic 56.9 TL 1896
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Cape rockfish Southeast Atlantic 35 SL 1970
Trachyscorpia longipedicula Stylish Scorpionfish Indian Ocean 21.9 SL 2007
Trachyscorpia osheri Southeast Pacific 14.7 SL 2008
Trachyscorpia verai Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 29.8 SL 2009



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