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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastolobinae
Etymology: Trachyscorpia: Greek, trachys, -eia, y = rough + Greek, skorpis, idos = a kind of fish without identification (Ref. 45335); verai: Named for Johnny Vera, for his invaluable help in collecting fish.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal, usually 200 - ? m (Ref. 82588). Tropical, preferred ?; 1°S - 2°S, 80°W - 81°W

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Pacific Ocean: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), Ecuador. Holotype from fish market at Puerto López, Manabí (Ref. 82588).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.8 cm SL (female)

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A medium-sized scorpionfish with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin spines 12; vertebrae 26; tympanic spines present; upper-jaw lip thin, not covering the premaxillary tooth band laterally; maxilla unscaled; 50 scale rows in longitudinal series; body moderately deep (30.9% of SL); orbit diameter large (12.8% of SL); third dorsal-fin spine long (15.3% of SL); pelvic-fin spine short (9.6% of SL); head profile slightly convex; gas bladder absent; coloration bright red, with no distinct dark markings on back or spinous portion of dorsal fin (Ref. 82588).

Known only from off Puerto López, Manabí, Ecuador and it is probably a deepwater species, presumable rarely caught by the longline fisheries off Puerto López.

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Béarez, P. and H. Motomura, 2009. Description of a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 2277:61-68. (Ref. 82588)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Trachyscorpia verai Béarez & Motomura, 2009