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Species Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938

Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Sawmaxilla Scorpionfish

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

Previous Australian records of this species have been identified as Brachypterois serrulaltus according to Matsunuma et al. (2013).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coburg Peninsula, NT (132°10'E) eastwards throughout the Gulf of Carpentaria to off Weipa, QLD (140°46'E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled 27-64 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [76] (as B. serrulatus in part)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [217] (as B. serrulata)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [48] (as B. serrulatus)

Allen, G.R. Cross, N.J., Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Pteroinae. pp. 877-880 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. [877] (as a synonym of B. serrulata)

Blaber, S.J.M., Brewer, D.T. & Harris, A.N. 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45(3): 375-396, figs 1-7 [392] (as B. serrulata)

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [109, 317] (as B. serrulata)

Kanayama, T. & Amaoka, K. 1981. First record of the scorpaenid fish Brachypterois serrulatus from Japan, with a key to Japanese genera of the Pteroinae. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 28(2): 181-183 [181] (as a synonym of B. serrulata)

Kuiter R.W. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 3. Melbourne : Zoonetics pp. 623–893. [108, fig.A-B] (as B. serrulata)

Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpeaniformes: Scorpaenidei). Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393. [276] (as B. serrulata)

Martin, T.J., Brewer D.T. & Blaber, S.J. 1995. Factors affecting distribution and abundance of small demersal fishes in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 46(6): 909-020 [917] (as B. serrulata)

Matsunuma, M., Sakurai, M. & Motomura, H. 2013. Revision of the Indo-West Pacific genus Brachypterois (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), with description of a new species from northeastern Australia. Zootaxa 3693(4) [401–440]

Poss, S.G. 1999. Families Scorpaenidae, Caracanthidae, Aploactinidae. pp. 2291-2358 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2310] (as B. serrulatus in part)

Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 [80] (as B. serrulata)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-May-2015 SCORPAENIFORMES 30-Apr-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)