Species Maxillicosta meridianus Motomura, Last & Gomon, 2006

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• Maxillicosta meridianus Motomura, H., Last, P.R. & Gomon, M.F. 2006. A new species of the scorpionfish Genus Maxillicosta from the southeast coast of Australia, with a redescription of M. whitleyi (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae). Copeia 2006(3): 445-459 [446, figs 1, 2A-B, 3A, 4A, 5, 6, 7A, 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO A.4252, Bass Strait, TAS, 10-20m [39°27'S, 148°21'E].
  Paratype(s) AM E.988 (also paratype of M. scabriceps and M. whitleyi), 80km south of cape Wiles, SA, ~137m; AM I.10404 (also paratype of M. scabriceps and M. whitleyi), off Flinders Island, SA, ~68m; CSIRO A.4253, Bass Strait, TAS, 10-20m [39°27'S, 148°21'E]; CSIRO B.1253, Bass Strait, VIC [38°57'S, 146°51'E]; CSIRO H.633-01, northeast of Ninth Island, TAS, 44-46m [40°48'S, 147°16'E]; CSIRO H.4358-01, east of Naracoopa, King Island, TAS, 33-35m [39°52'S, 144°20']; CSIRO T.1198, Bass Strait, TAS; CSIRO T.1652, Flinders Island, TAS; NMV A.2433 (2), 20km southeast of Port Albert, eastern Bass Strait, VIC, 79m [38°43.04', 144°18.02'E]; NMV A.2678, 8km south of South East Point, Wilsons Promontory, VIC, 65m; NMV A.21820 (3), Wetern Port, VIC [38°22'S, 145°32'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Maxillicosta whitleyi Eschmeyer & Poss, 1976 [in part, southern distribution only]. —
  Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Cross, N.J. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Neosebastidae. pp. 871-875 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. [872]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Bass St. VIC and northern TAS (148°21'E) to Great Australian Bight, SA (132°E); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, sand bottom marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

10–137 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Cross, N.J. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Neosebastidae. pp. 871-875 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. [872] (as M. whitleyi, in part, southern distribution only)

Johnson, J.W. & Motomura, H. 2008. Family Neosebastidae. pp. 489-495 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [490]

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. [484] (as Maxillicosta whitleyi, southern distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	20-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED