Deep-Sea taxon details
Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)
127256 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127256)
accepted
Species
Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896) accepted as Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Subspecies Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata (Köhler, 1896) accepted as Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127256 on 2025-12-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127256 on 2025-12-10
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(of Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
status source Ginsburg, I. (1953). Western Atlantic scorpionfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 121(8): 1-103. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
status source Ginsburg, I. (1953). Western Atlantic scorpionfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 121(8): 1-103. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic thornyhead | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachyscorpia cristulata)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cristulata P05843 illustration) (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachyscorpia cristulata RAD112877-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachyscorpia cristulata RAD112878-001)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachyscorpia cristulata)
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena cristulata P05843 illustration) (from synonym Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachyscorpia cristulata RAD112877-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trachyscorpia cristulata RAD112878-001)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Trachyscorpia cristulata cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
