Author: Johnson, 1862

Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Common synonyms: none.

Common names: Deepwater scorpionfish (En), Rascasse serran (Fr), Rascacio serrano (Sp).

Diagnosis: head cavernous with weak ossification; top of head scaleless; second preopercular spine subequal to or longer than first and third preopercular spines; anteriormost preorbital spine as long as the posterior two. Dorsal fin with 12 spines and 10 rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 4-6 (rarely) rays; pectoral fin with 20-25 rays. Body covered with very tiny cycloid scales. Colour: greyish or pinkish. Size: to 20 cm, usually to 8 cm.

Habitat: offshore species, living on or near the bottom at 180-700 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: in the Clofnam area, Madeira and Morocco. Elsewhere southward to South Africa throughout the Gulf of Guinea, Cape Verde Is., in the western Atlantic from 39°57' N to northern Brazil; in the Pacific Ocean, Japan, Western Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Philippines; in the Indian Ocean, from Natal to Zanzibar, western coast of India, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. This species is the most widely distributed scorpaenid.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Setarches
Species Setarches guentheri

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Scientific synonyms and common names

Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Synonyms:

Setarches Güntheri Johnson, 1862, Proc. zool. Soc. London: 177, pl. 23 (Madeira). Holotype: BMNH no. 1881.10.20.4.
Setarches guentheri: Vaillant, 1888: 373-375 Norman, 1935: 33 Eschmeyer, 1969: 102.
Setarches güntheri: Goode & Bean, 1896: 263 Fowler, 1936, 2: 929 Maul, 1949: 156 Furnestin et al., 1958: 474, fig. 71 Boutière, 1958: 1-83, pl. 4b Dollfus, 1959: 110.


Common names:

deepwater scorpionfish [En]
rascasse serran [Fr]
rscacio serrano [Es]

Boutière, H. 1958. Les Scorpaenidés des eaux marocaines. Trav. Inst. scient. chérif., sér. Zool., (15) :1-83, 5 pl.

Eschmeyer, W. N. 1969. A systematic review of the Scorpionfishes of the Atlantic Ocean (Pisces, Scorpaenidae). Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci., (79):130 p., 13 fig., 15 tab.

Furnestin, J.; Dardignac, J.; Maurin, C.; Coupé, A.; Boutière, H. 1958. Données nouvelles sur les poissons du Maroc atlantique. Revue Trav. Inst. (scient. tech.) Pêch. marit., Paris, 22 (4): pp. 379-493, 1 pp. errata, 75 fig.

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 steamers Blake, Albatross and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic. Smithson. Contrib. Knowl., 30 and Spec. Bull U.S. natn. Mus., 1895 [1896] and Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 1 (Text): pp. xxxv+1-553; 2 (Atlas): pp. xxiii+1-26, 123 pl., 417 fig.

Johnson, J. Y. 1862a. Description of some new genera and species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 167-180, pl. 22-23.

Maul, G. E. 1948b. Lista sistemática dos peixes assinalados nos mares de Madeira e indice alfabetico. In: A. C. de Noronha & A. A. Sarmento, Vertebrados da Madeira, 2e ed., 2, Peixes: 135-181 (also sep., 1949).

Norman, J. R. 1935a. Coast fishes. Part I. The South Atlantic. 'Discovery' 15 fig.

Vaillant, L. 1888. Poissons in Expéditions scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendant les années 1880-1883. Masson, Paris, 406 pp., 28 pl.

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