Summary ⁴

Black Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) is a venomous Scorpionfish, common in marine subtropical waters. It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, near the coasts of Morocco, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

Also known as the Great Scorpionfish or the Brown Rockfish.

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1. (c) Alex Lopez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexadventurelog/7675605190/
2. (c) Philippe Guillaume, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeguillaume/4457543431/
3. (c) Dimitris Siskopoulos, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dimsis/9117580765/
4. Adapted by Lesley Clements from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaena_porcus

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