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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Scorpaenodes: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 + Greek oides = similar to (Ref. 45335); rubrivinctus: Name from latin 'ruber' for red and 'vinctus' for banded; referring to the color patten of this species.
More on authors: Poss, McCosker & Baldwin.

Issue
Species assigned under Scorpaenodes pending future cladistic study. Generic reassignment may prove necessary for limits of both Scorpaenodes and Thysanichthys are unclear (Ref. ).

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 160 - 412 m (Ref. 83997). Deep-water

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Eastern Pacific: Galápagos and Cocos I. (Costa Rica).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83997); 8.8 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6; Vertebrae: 24. This species is characterized by the following: 18-20 pectoral fin rays with the dorsalmost unbranched rays abruptly longer than the ventralmost branched rays; snout elongated 13-15% SL; dorsal spines relatively elongated; body with distinct broad, orange or orange red vertical bars that extend onto the fins; short nasal spines, bifid or absent in some specimens; suborbital ridge with spines extended laterally to form a shelf; vertical scale rows 43-51 (Ref. 83997).

Collected and observed from rocky reefs, often in association with sponges, upon the platform and along the margins of the Galápagos archipelago at 200-412 m; photographed at 160-300 m (Ref. 83997).

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Poss, S.G., J.E. McCosker and C.C. Baldwin, 2010. A new species of Scorpaenodes (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands with discussions of the limits of Scorpaenodes and Thysanichthys. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 61(2):235-264. (Ref. 83997)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 September 2022

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.6 - 13.8, mean 12.2 °C (based on 5 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00689 - 0.04588), b=3.04 (2.82 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Scorpaenodes rubrivinctus Poss, McCosker & Baldwin, 2010