Scorpionfish

Below is a list of scorpionfish.

Scorpionfish

• Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)
  
• Bocaccio (Sebastes paucispnis)
  
• Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops)
  
• Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus)
  
• Dusky Rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus)
  
• Squarespot Rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi)
  
• Widow Rockfish (Sebastes entomelas)
  
• Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)
  
• Olive Rockfish (Sebastes serranoides)
  
• Puget Sound Rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus)
  
• Vermillion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)
  
• Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger)
  
• Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus)
  
• Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
  
• Grass Rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger)
  
• Brown Rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)
  
• Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger)
  
• China Rockfish (Sebastes nebulosus)
  
• Black-and-yellow Rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas)
  
• Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)
  
• Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
  
• Calico Rockfish (Sebastes dalli)
  
• Honeycomb Rockfish (Sebastes umbrosus)
  
• Rosy Rockfish (Sebastes rosaceus)
  
• Starry Rockfish (Sebastes constellatus)
  
• Treefish (Sebastes serriceps)
  
• Tiger Rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
  
• Flag Rockfish (Sebastes rubrivictus)
  

Are any of those deadly?

I don't think humans are at risk from those guys, unless of course you're allergic to their venom.

Ok I have just heard that there are some rockfish that are commonly deadly.

I guess. It'd probably be a good idea to find out which ones if you live near any...

Rockcod are a type of scorpionfish? I didn't know that.

I have caught most of those and I don't think they have venom, they have painful spines but thats it.

You've caught most of them?! Awesome

i have heard of a freshwater one in south america.

Well none of us have to worry about that one...

I dont mean it was deadly . I wanted one but you cant get tehm anymore. They actually have two hairs like a venus fly trap and when a poor little fishy touches them...WHAM!

That's really cool!

You can legally catch one. The limit is one per person per day. It used to be 5 but the population is going waay down. We don't even keep them anymore. My family has pictures from over 50 years ago of hundreds of them lined up on logs ready to be cleaned. They can live for over 100 years too, which is really neat.

Where are these hairs? Are you sure all of them have them? I have handled these fish 1000s of times and never been stung, only spined haha.

Jacobnano wrote:You can legally catch one. The limit is one per person per day. It used to be 5 but the population is going waay down. We don't even keep them anymore. My family has pictures from over 50 years ago of hundreds of them lined up on logs ready to be cleaned. They can live for over 100 years too, which is really neat.

Where are these hairs? Are you sure all of them have them? I have handled these fish 1000s of times and never been stung, only spined haha.

Are you talking about a specific species or just scorpions in general?

General.


I have caught most of those but not all. I am sure my dad has caught all of them though haha

But your in WA. I haven't checked the regulations for SOCAL.

True. They might not be legal there. Some of them might even live there because you have warmer water

True. I'm off to check regulations! .

I am talking about only one species in the amazon. It is practically blind because it lives in black water. THat is why it uses hairs on it's head.

Sounds more like a kind of catfish.

No it is in a family of it's own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbBYLkKUD0k here is a clip of it snatching a fish. Here is an article of it http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=189 .

You can see the two barbels on it's nose.

I see. So it's not a true scorpionfish.

Yes I guess not but it is still venemous

Rockfish are delicious.

Regs in Oregon are way less stringent than in Washington. The limit is like, 8 per person per day or something. The thing about Oregon is that it's completely unprotected, and the ocean is usually too rough to go out, so they don't get fished for much.

No rockfish in Alberta