Species: Scorpaena albifimbria, Coral scorpionfish

shallow pit behind eyes
dark saddle above pectoral

Scorpaena albifimbria Evermann & Marsh, 1900
Coral scorpionfish
Head very bony, with numerous spines; spine present behind front nostril; adults with a shallow pit on top of head behind eyes, a pair of spines before that pit; eye moderate; a pair of long cirri at front and over center of eyes; 1st (topmost) preopercular spine the largest, 2nd is small; bone over front of mouth with 2 spines pointing down and forwards; ridge under eye with 3 spines; roof of mouth with teeth on sides but not at center; no slit behind last gill arch; dorsal fin XII, 9.5 (8.5-9.5); anal III,5; pectoral 19-20, with some upper rays branched in adult, fin reaching first anal spine; scales relatively large, smooth; lateral line complete; skin flaps on body along lateral line and below it.
Bright red to pink on a pale background; a large dark saddle above pectoral fin that extends onto spiny dorsal; a brown bar from soft dorsal down to base of anal fin; pectoral whitish to red, sometimes a black outer margin; tail whitish with a red central bar and a red rear edge.
Reaches 9 cm.
Sand and rubble bottoms around reefs.
Depth range: 0-50 m, usually < 10 m.
Bermuda to the S Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
- Length Max
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- 9