> [!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. porcus
**Vernacular**:: Small-scaled scorpionfish
## Photos
*Snorkeling in Saint-Cyr sur Mer - I really hesitated on the identification, between [Scorpaena maderensis](Scorpaena%20maderensis%20-%20Madeira%20rockfish.md) and S. porcus, but it seems that S. porcus can commonly have this color. It was at ~2m, even less. *
## Notes
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Scorpaena-porcus-Rascasse-brune-741/(rOffset)/0
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p436