Species Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, H.W. 1938. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 85(3032): 31-135 figs 6-61 [56, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 98897, Albatross Station D.5305, near Hong Kong, China Sea, 37 fathoms [21°54'N, 114°46'E].
  Paratype(s) USNM 99010, Philippines; USNM 99011, China Sea, vicinity of Hong Kong.

 

Generic Combinations

• Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938). —
  Poss, S.G. & Duhamel, G. 1991. Neomerinthe bauchotae, a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) from St. Paul and Amsterdam islands (southern Indian Ocean), with comments on the limits of the genus. Cybium 15(2): 93-102 [101]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Neomerinthe sp. —
  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 [81]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA (ca. 127°E) to Gulf of Carpentaria, NT (139°58'E); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

62–82 m.

 

General References

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [377]

Motomura, H., Béarez, P. & Causse, R. 2011. Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe. Cybium 33(1): 55-73 [60, 61]

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. [2322] (non Australian localities)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	28-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED