Species Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus Greenfield & Matsuura, 2002

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• Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus Greenfield, D.W. & Matsuura, K. 2002. Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus: a new Indo-Pacific scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Copeia 2002(4): 973-978 [973, Figs. 1-2A].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS 214498, barrier reef off Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji, depth 4.6-6.4 metres.
  Paratype(s) BPBM 38826; BPBM 38827; FMNH 110236; USNM 367135.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cartier Island, Timor Sea (12˚31′S, 123˚33′E), and Christmas Island, Indian Ocean; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

0-12m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [231]

Motomura, H., Ogihara, G. & Hagiwara, K. 2010. Distributional range extension of a scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus, in the Indo–Pacific, and comments on synonymy of S. parvipinnis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). pp. 17-26 in Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. (eds). Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Tokyp : National Museum of Nature and Science viii + 264 pp., 704 figs. [18]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [121]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2012. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org. (Fourspine Scorpionfish)

Motomura, H., Ogihara, G. & Hagiwara, K. 2010. Distributional range extension of a scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus, in the Indo–Pacific, and comments on synonymy of S. parvipinnis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). pp. 17-26 in Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. (eds). Fishes of Yaku-shima Island – A World Heritage island in the Osumi Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Tokyp : National Museum of Nature and Science viii + 264 pp., 704 figs. [18] (Furry Coral Scorpionfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	15-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		08-Aug-2014	MODIFIED