Sealife guideThe Scorpaenidae familyThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Black scorpionfishScorpaena porcus

Eastern red scorpionfishScorpaena jacksoniensis

Eschmeyer's scorpionfishRhinopias eschmeyeri

Leaf scorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthus

Red scorpionfishScorpaena scrofa

Shortfin lionfishDendrochirus brachypterus

Small red scorpionfishScorpaena notata

Spotted scorpionfishScorpaena plumieri

Weedy scorpionfishRhinopias frondosa
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