The Species Black List

Scorpaenodes arenai

Messina scorpionfish

The Messina scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes arenai) is known only from a few specimens collected off the Azores and from the Strait of Messina in the central Mediterranean.

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Actinopterygii

Realm

Oceanic

Locality

Strait of Messina

As IUCN records it

Scorpaenodes arenai Torchio, 1962