> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Perciformes
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Scorpenidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Scorpaena
**Species**:: S. maderensis
**Vernacular**:: Madeira rockfish
## Photos
*[126 - 2023-05-16 - Delta - Epidaurus - Greece](126%20-%202023-05-16%20-%20Delta%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - Very well camouflaged in the [Lithophyllum spp. - Stone-leaf](Lithophyllum%20spp.%20-%20Stone-leaf.md), [Petrosia ficiformis - Stony sponge](Petrosia%20ficiformis%20-%20Stony%20sponge.md), [Spirastrella cunctatrix - Orange encrusting sponge](Spirastrella%20cunctatrix%20-%20Orange%20encrusting%20sponge.md).*
## Notes
Difficult to identify from other stones fishes, like S. notata and S. porcus. S. maderensis have white shreds of skin under its chin.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Scorpaena-maderensis-Rascasse-de-Madere-1825/(rOffset)/0