Species: Trachyscorpia verai, Ecuadorian deep-sea scorpionfish

Trachyscorpia verai Bearez & Motomura, 2009

Ecuadorian deep-sea scorpionfish

Body moderately deep (depth 31% SL), not strongly arched at front, compressed; head large (46% SL); snout short; head bones strong with well developed spines; large spines on top of head from between eyes to middle of nape; no pit on top of head behind eyes; eye large (12.8% SL), with 2 slender tentacles on top; mouth large, slightly oblique, reaches to nearly under rear edge of eye; top and bottom jaws ~equal, lower jaw with front knob; top jaw with thin lip, not covering most of side of front jaw bone; jaw teeth simple, in bands; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; longitudinal crest under eye with 5 spines; preopercle with 4 spines, 1st spine longest & with a strong supplemental spine; opercle with 2 small spines; slit behind 4th gill arch closed by membrane; gill rakers  5+11; dorsal fin XII, 3rd spine long (15.3% SL), 9 branched rays; anal fin III, 5 branched rays; pectoral not wedge shaped, fin bilobed, deeply notched, longest rays at top, 22, uppermost and lowest  6 rays unbranched, remaining rays branched, lower rays fleshy in large fish; pelvic spine short, 9.6% SL; body scales rough on sides, smooth below; scales on cheek, and between and behind eyes; no scales on side of rear top jaw bone; 50 scale rows in longitudinal series; lateral line with tubed scales, complete, extending to base of tail fin, 27 pored scales; no swim bladder.