The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list
Wirtz, Peter
Fricke, Ronald
Biscoito, Manuel José
Zootaxa
2008
1715
1
26
G5F
8108
[151,321,930,956]
Actinopterygii
Scorpaenidae
Animalia
Scorpaeniformes
9
10
Chordata
family
* Scorpaena canariensis(Sauvage, 1878)—Canary Islands rockfish Recorded from Madeira by Brito (1991). A previous record of Scorpaena laevisTroschel, 1866(on the basis of BMNH 1984.3.6.551-556) was re-identified as S. canariensis. Thus, there is no reliable record of S. laevisfrom Madeira. The specimens of S. canariensisin the collection of the MMF come from 100 mand deeper. However, there are shallow water records of this species both at the Canary Islands and at the Azores; we therefore tentatively here list S. canariensisas a coastal species. * Scorpaena maderensisValenciennes, 1833—Madeira rockfish Scorpaena porcusLinnaeus, 1758—Black scorpionfish This record needs confirmation. * Scorpaena scrofaLinnaeus, 1758—Largescaled scorpionfish