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title: "Spotted Scorpionfish"
description: "Scorpaena plumieri — Vissen. Scorpaena plumieri, the spotted scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spotted-scorpionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spotted Scorpionfish

> Scorpaena plumieri — Vissen. Scorpaena plumieri, the spotted scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.

- Scientific name: *Scorpaena plumieri*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2384
- Wikidata: [Q2004593](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004593)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49244](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49244)

## Names

- en: Spotted Scorpionfish
- de: Gebänderter Drachenkopf
- es: Pez escorpión
- fr: Rascasse vingt-quatre heures

## Countries with the most observations

US (458), MX (266), CW (141), HN (121), MQ (105), KY (81), DM (64), BZ (56), JM (47), PR (44), GP (40), CO (33)

## Summary

Scorpaena plumieri, the spotted scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.  It is found in the Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46128670

## Machine access

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