Parascorpaena mcadamsi McAdam's scorpionfish, Ocellated Scorpionfish

Parascorpaena mcadamsi is commonly referred to as McAdam's scorpionfish, Ocellated Scorpionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9015 

AphiaID:

218064 

Scientific:

Parascorpaena mcadamsi 

German:

McAdams Skorpionsfisch 

English:

McAdam's Scorpionfish, Ocellated Scorpionfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Parascorpaena (Genus) > mcadamsi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fowler, ), 1938 

Occurrence:

Bali, Chesterfield Islands, China, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Rapa, Réunion , Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, the Mediterranean Sea, The Ryukyu Islands, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

7 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3.94" - 4.72" (10,3cm - 12,8cm) 

Temperature:

76.46 °F - 84.02 °F (24.7°C - 28.9°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Parascorpaena aurita
  Goldener Drachenkopf
• Parascorpaena bandanensis
• Parascorpaena maculipinnis
• 
  Parascorpaena mcadamsi
  McAdams Skorpionsfisch
• 
  Parascorpaena mossambica
  Mozambique-Drachenkopf
• 
  Parascorpaena picta
  Nördlicher Skorpionsfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Parascorpaena poseidon
  Poseidons Skorpionfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-07 19:13:24 

Last edit:

2025-06-16 12:56:18 

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