Scorpaena scrofa

Scorpaena scrofa, common name the red scorpionfish, bigscale scorpionfish, large-scaled scorpion fish, or rascasse is a venomous marine species of fish in the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfish.
Description.
"Scorpaena scrofa" is the largest eastern Atlantic scorpion fish. Its colouration ranges from brick red to a light pink, and it has dark-coloured blotches on its body. It has venomous spines, and can achieve a maximum weight around . It can grow to a maximum length of , but is commonly around .
It has 12 dorsal spines, 9 dorsal soft rays, three anal spines, and five soft rays. It often has a dark spot on its spinous dorsal spines between the 6th and 11th. It has long supraorbital tentacles.
Distribution.
This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea. It is also found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean around the British Isles, where it is rare, south to Senegal, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde.
Habitat.
"S. scrofa" is demersal and lives in marine and brackish environments with rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms at depths of . By day, it lives in burrows and caves. At night it comes out to hunt.
Behaviour.
This species is a sedentary, solitary, and nonmigratory fish. It is predatory, feeding on other fish, as well as crustaceans and molluscs. This is one of the fish used by the marine leech "Pontobdella muricata" as a host.
As food.
"S. scrofa" is a traditional ingredient in Marseille "bouillabaisse". It is also widely used in Japanese cuisine.