Scorpaena mystes : fisheries, gamefish

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Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaena: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Starks.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 28°N -

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Eastern Pacific: California, USA (Ref. 28023) to northern Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5592); common length : 30.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5592)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in shallow water and seaweed-covered reefs as well as on open, sandy areas (Ref. 5592). An opportunistic predator, this cryptic fish lies unseen on the reef top waiting for small fishes to pass by (Ref. 5592). Although the flesh is of excellent quality, it is not utilized commercially due to its venomous spines (Ref. 9341).

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Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997. The fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 863 p. (Ref. 28023)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 28023)





Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.6 - 29.1, mean 26.9 °C (based on 255 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00626 - 0.02776), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 120 [65, 274] mg/100g; Iron = 1.02 [0.53, 2.15] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [16.3, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.29 [0.13, 0.77] g/100g; Selenium = 47 [23, 134] μg/100g; VitaminA = 28 [9, 82] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.2 [0.8, 1.8] mg/100g (wet weight);