Ecuadorian Deep-Sea Scorpionfish

Trachyscorpia verai

• Group: Scorpionfish
• For divers: safe

Known only from off Puerto Lopez in Ecuador, this scorpionfish appears to be a deepwater species rarely brought up by longline boats. Like its relatives it carries venomous fin spines and ambushes prey from the bottom.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Perciformes › Sebastidae › Trachyscorpia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 474957.