Red Scorpion Fish
Fact File:

Common Name(s):
Red Scorpion Fish

Scientific Name:
Scorpaena scrofa

Usual Size:
up to 55cms

UK Record Weights from rod/line:

Shore:
Unknown

Boat:
Unknown

MAFF Minimum Size: Shore: Boat:
Unknown

Identification:
rows of barbules under chin and a lappet above each eye.

Breeding:
unknown

Habitat:
deeper water from 10 to 50m, they live under rock and in caves only coming out to hunt night

Food:
they are predators living on crustaceans, mollusks and smaller fish.

Range:
Mediterranean, Adriatic and southern European coasts


Additional Notes:

this fish was about 25-30cms long when photographed in2004 at the excellent Barcelona Aquarium.

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