Species Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith, 1957

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External Links

• Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith, J.L.B. 1957. The fishes of the family Scorpaenidae in the western Indian Ocean. Part 1. The subfamily Scorpaeninae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 4: 49-69 figs 1-5 pls 1-4 [57, fig. 2, pl. 2A].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAIAB 335, Bazaruto Island, Mozambique.
  Paratype(s) SAIAB 391-396 (6 lots of one specimen each).

 

Generic Combinations

• Scorpaena maculipinnis (Smith, 1957). —
  Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [448]

 

Introduction

It is not clear if the species occurs in Australia. The record is from Russell (1983), based on a tentative identification of AM I.20498-006. No other records are known of the species from Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Capricorn Group, QLD (23º30´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

0-40m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Scorpaeninae. pp. 881-892 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [882]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [448] (as Scorpaena maculipinnis (Smith 1957))

Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [35] (as Scorpaena maculipinnis (Smith 1957))

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spotfin Scorpionfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	14-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED