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title: "Black Scorpionfish"
description: "Scorpaena porcus — Fish. The black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus), also known as the European scorpionfish or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-scorpionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Scorpionfish

> Scorpaena porcus — Fish. The black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus), also known as the European scorpionfish or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters.

- Scientific name: *Scorpaena porcus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 3612
- Wikidata: [Q900949](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900949)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118631](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118631)

## Names

- en: Black Scorpionfish
- de: Brauner Drachenkopf
- es: Rascacio
- fr: Rascasse brune
- nl: Bruine schorpioenvis
- pl: Skorpena brązowa

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1271), FR (932), HR (397), IT (268), GR (127), PT (126), RU (55), UA (35), MT (24), TR (22), AL (19), DZ (19)

## Summary

The black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus), also known as the European scorpionfish or small-scaled scorpionfish, is a venomous scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, near the coasts of Morocco, and in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_scorpionfish

## Photo

![Black Scorpionfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-scorpionfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirela · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126617753

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-scorpionfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).