Description: A small to medium-sized scorpionfish, with a large spiny head. Single dorsal fin composed of spines and soft rays; with the second and/or third dorsal spines are elongated in adults. Pectoral fins large, fan-shaped. Body covered in small, rough scales. Body reddish interspersed with yellow on the head, opercle, above the pectoral fin base and on the flanks. Fins reddish, with spots on the soft dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins.
Depth range: FishBase: 100 - 600 m, usually 100 - 460 m.
Canary Islands (Brito et al. 2002): 84 - 476 m.
Habitat: Bathydemersal. Occurs on hard bottoms. Abundant around islands.
Feeding habits: Feeds on fishes and shrimps.
Trophic level: FishBase: 4.1
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Commercial species.
Conservation status: Global: Not evaluated.
Europe: Least concern.
Nutritional information & food safety:
Proximate composition per 100 g:
energy value 118.28 kcal (5.9% DRV)
protein 19.93 g (39.9% DRV)
fat 0.48 g (0.7% DRV)
of which saturates 0.09 g (0.5% DRV)
omega-3 (EPA+DHA): 0.217 g (recommended: 0.250 - 2.0 g daily)
REFERENCES
Brito A., Pascual P.J., Falcón J.M., Sancho A., González G. (2002). Peces de las islas Canarias. Catálogo comentado e ilustrado. Francisco Lemos Editor, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 418 pp.
Direcção Regional de Pescas, Madeira.
Eschmeyer W.N. (1969). A Systematic Review of the Scorpionfishes of the Atlantic Ocean (Pisces: Scorpaenidae). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 79: i-iv + 1-143.
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Gonzalez J.A., ed. (2012). Recetario MARPROF de mariscos y pescados de profundidad de la Macaronesia. Oceanográfica. Available at:
Recetario MARPROF
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Pereira J.N., Simas A., Rosa A., Aranha A., Lino S., Constantino E., Monteiro V., Tariche O., Menezes G. (2012). Weight–length relationships for 27 demersal fish species caught off the Cape Verde archipelago (eastern North Atlantic). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28(1): 156-159.
Rosa A., Menezes G., Melo O., Pinho M.R. (2006). Weight–length relationships of 33 demersal fish species from Azores archipelago. Fisheries Research, 80(2): 329-332.
