Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 (scorpionfish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae

Parent taxon: Scorpaenidae according to W. Schwarzhans and J. Miàn 2017

See also Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Nolf 1972, Pauca 1929, Schwarzhans 2003, Schwarzhans 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Pontinus, Rhomarchus, Rixator, Scorpaenidarum, Scorpaeninae, Scorpaenoides, Sebastes, Sebastichthys, Sebastolobus, Setarchinae

Subtaxa: Scorpaena boulei Scorpaena corallophilus Scorpaena ensiger Scorpaena jeanneli Scorpaena osterodenensis Scorpaena pilari Scorpaena tessieri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (5), United States (5: California)

• Oligocene of Romania (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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