Species Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees, 1964

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• Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees, G.F. 1964. A new fish of the family Scorpaenidae from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 40(1): 1-4 fig. 1 [1, pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 24787, Frederik Hendrik Island, New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) RMNH 24788 (was 6, now 4. Now WAM P.8285-001), Frederik Hendrik Island, New Guinea; RMNH 24789, between Merauke and the Bian River, New Guinea; WAM P.8285-001 (ex RMNH 24788), Frederik Hendrik Island, New Guinea; RMNH 24790-91 (2 lots of 1 specimen each), Merauke, New Guinea.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Wyndham, WA (128°06'E) to East Alligator River mouth, NT (132°38'E), and presumably Gulf of Carpentaria based on type localities; tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

5-6m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications.

Allen, G.R. Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Apistidae. pp. 893-895 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. [894]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [27]

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [83]

Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpeaniformes: Scorpaenidei). Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393. [274]

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. [439]

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. [2296]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	13-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED