Species Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970
Deepsea Ocean Perch, Cape Scorpionfish, Coral Perch, Deepsea Perch, Ocean Perch
- Trachyscorpia (Mesoscorpia) eschmeyeri Whitley, G.P. 1970. Ichthyological quiddities. The Australian Zoologist 15(3): 242-247 [245] [nom. nov. for Scorpaena capensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924].
- Scorpaena capensis Gilchrist, J.D.F. & von Bonde, C. 1924. Special report No. 7. Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. Pickle (part 2). Report. Fisheries & Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa 3: 1-24 pls 1-6 [1922] [18] [junior homonym of Scorpaena capensis Gmelin, 1789].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Pickle stations 66, 86 and 336, 312, West coast of South Africa, 536 and 280 fathoms.
Generic Combinations
- Trachyscorpia capensis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) [Treated incorrectly as valid as Trachyscorpia capensis in some references]. —
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [493]
Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpeaniformes: Scorpaenidei). Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393. [276]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Lord Howe Rise and Jervis Bay, NSW (34°55'S), south of Gabo Island, VIC (38°15´S) to west of Mandurah, WA (32°40´S); temperate, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
400-1250m
General References
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Cross, N.J. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Sebastidae. pp. 866-868 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. [867] (as Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [493] (as Trachyscorpia capensis)
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [28]
Johnson, J.W. & Motomura, H. 2008. Family Sebastidae. pp. 496-498 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [498] (as Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri)
Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpeaniformes: Scorpaenidei). Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393. [276] (as Trachyscorpia capensis)
McCosker, J.E. 2008. Trachyscorpia osheri and Idiastion hageyi, two new species of deepwater scorpionfishes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae, Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 59(3): 113-123 [118] (as Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri)
Motomura, H., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2007. Two new species of the scorpionfish genus Trachyscorpia (Sebastidae: Sebastolobinae) from the southern Indo-West Pacific, with comments on the distribution of T. eschmeyeri. Zootaxa 1466: 19-34 [31] (as Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri)
Pakhorukov, N.P. 2001. Distribution and behavior of bottom and near-bottom fishes in the Rio Grande Submarine Rise (Atlantic Ocean). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 41(3): 374-381 [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology v. 41 (no. 4): 300-307] [379] (as Trachyscorpia capensis)
Poss, S.G. 1994. Family Scorpaenidae. pp. 477-494 figs 428-441 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [493] (as Trachyscorpia capensis)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [193] (as Trachyscorpia capensis)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [493] (Deepsea Perch)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Deepsea Ocean Perch)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [193] (Cape Scorpionfish, Coral Perch, Ocean Perch)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 16-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |