Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scorpaena cocosensis
Cocos scorpionfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Suborder
Scorpaenoidei
Family
Scorpaenidae
Genus
Scorpaena
Species
cocosensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
- Motomura, H. John E. McCosker (2009) Second Specimen of the Costa Rican scorpionfish, Scorpaena cocosensis (Scorpaenidae): the First Record from the Galápagos Islands.Biogeography 11. 135–137 with Fresh Color Notes on the Species Https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/staff/motomura/2009_08_Scorpaena-cocosensis-Galapagos.pdf
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scorpaena cocosensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13200. Accessed 10 June 2026.