Barchin scorpionfish

Sebastapistes strongia

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–24 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and November
How commonOccasional

About this species

The barchin scorpionfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It comes from the Indo-Pacific. The species is commonly seen in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Barchin scorpionfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 8 records
March: 6 records
April: 15 records
May: 27 records
June: 23 records
July: 18 records
August: 13 records
September: 21 records
October: 17 records
November: 27 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–24 m · Deepest record: 110 m

0–10 m: 96 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 17 records
26–28 °C: 144 records
28–30 °C: 111 records

Names and classification

English: Barchin scorpionfish, Banda Scorpionfish, barchin scorpionfish, Barchin Scorpionfish, brownbanded stingfish

Names in 3 more languages

French: Poisson-scorpion à menton barré
Japanese: Madarafusakasago, マダラフサカサゴ
Simplified Chinese: 班達圓鱗鮋, 眉鬚鱗頭鮋, 石狗公, 石頭魚

Other scientific names: Kantapus oglinus, Phenacoscorpius nebulosus, Scorpaena oglinus, Scorpaena strongia, Scorpaena tristis, Sebastapistes oglinus, Sebastapistes tristis

Similar species

Bicolor Rosefish
Sebastapistes cyanostigma
Dwarf Scorpionfish
Sebastapistes fowleri
Lionfish
Pterois volitans
Spotted coral croucher
Caracanthus maculatus
Pygmy coral croucher
Caracanthus unipinna
Zebra turkeyfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
592 open-data records from 1829 to 2023.

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