Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scorpaena mystes
brujo, escorpion roquero, Pacific spotted scorpionfish, stone scorpionfish
Size: To about 46 cm.
Habitat: Shallow waters; rocky and lava bottom where seaweeds abound, occasionally seen in sandy areas.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Scorpaenidae
Genus
Scorpaena
Species
mystes
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Holoscorpaena didymogramma Fowler, 1944, Scorpaena plumieri mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from California to Ecuador including Galapagos
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- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.