Scorpaenidae

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Scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishesfamily Scorpaenidaefish family - any of various families of fishscorpaenid, scorpaenid fish - any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacificgenus Scorpaena, Scorpaena - type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishesgenus Pterois, Pterois - lionfishesgenus Synanceja, Synanceja - stonefishesgenus Sebastodes, Sebastodes - rockfishes

Scorpaenidae

[skȯr′pē·nə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The scorpion fishes, a family of Perciformes in the suborder Cottoidei, including many tropical shorefishes, some of which are venomous.

Scorpaenidae

(scorpion fishes), a family of fishes of the order Scorpaeniformes, which a number of ichthyologists include in the order Perciformes. The body reaches a length of 90 cm; the weight is usually 1.5–2 kg. The large head is armed with thorns. There are spiny rays in the fins. At the bases of the rays of the dorsal fin are glands that elaborate a poisonous secretion.

There are more than 70 genera, distributed in seas of the torrid and temperate zones. Four genera, embracing 13 species, are found in the seas of the USSR, for example in the Barents Sea, the Black Sea, and the seas of the Far East. Common in the USSR are species of the genera Scorpaena and Sebastes. Scorpion fishes stay on rocky bottoms. Some species are viviparous. The fishes are predators that feed on other fishes and on crustaceans. Scorpion fishes have great commercial value; they are caught by trawling nets.

REFERENCES

Andriiashev, A. P. Ryby severnykh morei SSSR. Moscow-Leningrad, 1954.
Nikol’skii, G. V. Chastnaia ikhtiologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1971.
Lindberg, G. U. Opredelitel’ i kharakteristika semeistv ryb mirovoi fauny. Leningrad, 1971.

Scorpaenidae

Toxicology A family of venomous bony fish–eg, lionfish, and scorpion fish which contains 30 genera and 350 spp; they are considered to be the most dangerous of all fish in terms of number and severity of injuries to the groups–scuba divers, tropical fish fanciers–affected; the fish envenomate by erecting spines on their dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins that pierce the victim's flesh and release venom Clinical Intense local pain that peaks at 60-90 mins and persists for 8-12 hrs; other manifestations include erythema, ecchymosis, pallor, induration, swelling, edema, hypesthesia, anesthesia, paresthesia, N&V, regional lymphadenopathy, necrosis; the venom is a heat-labile protein that produces hypotension, vasodilation, muscular weakness, respiratory paralysis Treatment Immerse affected body part in hot water; antivenom is available

Scorpaenidae

jmp-1314628711 (skor?pen'id-e) [L. Scorpaena, the type genus, fr Gr. skorpaina + -idae] See: scorpionfish

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noun scorpionfishes

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