Species that contain: Scorpaena and sierra [ 6 ] records

bergii, Scorpaena Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1900:276, Fig. 83 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 20 (pt 1) [for 1900]; ref. 14876] Harbor of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Fish Hawk station 6065, depth 4-6 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 49533. Paratypes: USNM 126190 [ex USFC 813, USBF 877] (1). Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 36159]. •Valid as Scorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh 1900 -- (Eschmeyer 1965:101 [ref. 9211], Eschmeyer 1969:55 [ref. 1274], Robins & Ray 1986:274 [ref. 23100] as bergi, Cervigón 1992:422 [ref. 23827] as bergi, Villamizar 1996:37 [ref. 23496] as bergi, Acero P. & Navas S. 1997:65 [ref. 26475], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1252 [ref. 27048], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:20 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:39 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:37 [ref. 33341], Fricke et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 36159], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:107 [ref. 40480] as bergi, Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh 1900. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to northern Brazil: including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

grandicornis, Scorpaena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:309, Pl. 86 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Martinique Island, West Indies; Puerto Rico; Havana, Cuba; San Domingo. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6681 (1) Dominican Republic, 0000-6689 (1) Puerto Rico, 0000-6900 (1) Martinique; SMF 440 [ex RMNH] (1); ZMB 752 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:13 [ref. 20738], Paepke & Fricke 1992:270 [ref. 19946], Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159]. •Valid as Scorpaena grandicornis Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer 1965:118 [ref. 9211], Eschmeyer 1969:58 [ref. 1274], Robins & Ray 1986:276 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1992:422 [ref. 23827], Acero P. & Navas S. 1997:66 [ref. 26475], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:238 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:197 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:156 [ref. 27754], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1258 [ref. 27048], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:20 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:44 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:37 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33516], Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:107 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena grandicornis Cuvier 1829. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western and central Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern central Atlantic: Saint Helena and Ascension islands. Habitat: marine.

isthmensis, Scorpaena Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1928:842, Pl. 80 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 249); ref. 2964] Porto Bello, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 81617. Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159]. •Valid as Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & Hildebrand 1928 -- (Eschmeyer 1965:103 [ref. 9211], Eschmeyer 1969:54 [ref. 1274], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:437 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:274 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:285 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:422 [ref. 23827], Villamizar 1996:40 [ref. 23496], Acero P. & Navas S. 1997:67 [ref. 26475], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:198 [ref. 25013], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1260 [ref. 27048], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:12 [ref. 34324], Spier et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36103], Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159], Ribeiro et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36717], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:606 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:107 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & Hildebrand 1928. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Panama south to Santa Catarina (Brazil). Habitat: marine.

plumieri, Scorpaena Bloch [M. E.] 1789:234, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm v. 10; ref. 17256] Martinique Island, West Indies. No types known. •Valid as Scorpaena plumieri Bloch 1789 [sometimes as subspecies plumieri] -- (Eschmeyer 1965:121 [ref. 9211], Eschmeyer 1969:59 [ref. 1274], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:438 [ref. 14275] as plumierii, Swift 1986:176 [ref. 20823], Robins & Ray 1986:275 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:634 [ref. 9166], Eschmeyer & Dempster 1990:674 [ref. 17613], Cervigón 1991:287 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:98 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:422 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:585 [ref. 16204], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:292 [ref. 24023], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:271 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:238 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:198 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:156 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1643 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1261 [ref. 27048], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:20 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:46 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:29 [ref. 30263], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:37 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:12 [ref. 34324], Poss 2016:2280 [ref. 34610], Fricke et al. 2018:[15] [ref. 36159], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36103], Brown et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:232 [ref. 37250], Ribeiro et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36717], Fricke & Zhukov 2020:122 [ref. 37214], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:609 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:105 [ref. 40480] as aff. plumieri). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena plumieri Bloch 1789. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern central Atlantic: Ascension and Saint Helena islands. Habitat: marine.

sierra, Scorpaena (Sebastoplus) Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:82 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Gulf of California, Mexico, Albatross station 2996 and 3011, depth 71-112 fathoms. Syntypes: (4) CAS-SU 307 (1); USNM 46469 (1), 124331 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:121 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pontinus sierra (Gilbert 1890) -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:82 [ref. 23101], Poss in Fischer et al. 1995:1551 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:295 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:271 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:73 [ref. 37547], Palacios-Salgado & Ramírez-Valdez 2011:96 [ref. 37124], Butler et al. 2012:152 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:402 [ref. 34894], Robertson et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35676], Love et al. 2021:104 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Pontinus sierra (Gilbert 1890). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

tredecimspinosa, Scorpaena Metzelaar [J.] 1919:146, Fig. 44 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Bonaire Island, West Indies. Lectotype: USNM 160660 [ex ZMA 110241]. Paralectotypes: RMNH 9772 [ex ZMA] (1); CAS-SU 23303 (1); ZMA 110241 (2), 113332 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:121 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:82 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer 1969:86 [ref. 1274]. Misspelled tridecimspinosa by authors. •Valid as Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus (Metzelaar 1919) -- (Eschmeyer 1969:86 [ref. 1274], Robins & Ray 1986:276 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:293 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:422 [ref. 23827], Acero P. & Navas S. 1997:67 [ref. 26475], Greenfield & Matsuura 2002:977 [ref. 26507], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1263 [ref. 27048], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:20 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:48 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:117 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:12 [ref. 34324], Baldwin et al. 2016:154 [ref. 34588], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:107 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus (Metzelaar 1919). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including eastern and southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.