Genus Neosebastes Guichenot, 1867
- Neosebastes Guichenot, A. 1867. Notice sur le néosébaste nouveau genre de poissons de la famille des scorpènoides, et description d'une nouvelle espèce. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 13: 83-89 [83].
Type species:
Scorpaena panda Richardson, 1842 (type apparently not Neosebastes scorpaenodes Guichenot - neither of the two originally included species panda and scorpaenodes were designated as type) by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P 1876. Mémoire sur les espèces insulindiennes de la famille des Scorpénoïdes. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Afdeeling Natuurjunde). Amsterdam 16: 1-100 pls 1-5 [3].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
NEOSEBASTIDAE: Neosebastes entaxis Jordan & Starks, 1904 [the name Neosebastes entaxis has been applied mistakenly in Australia to N. johnsoni, N. longirostris and N. occidentalis, see Motomura, 2004] — Motomura, H. 2004. Revision of the scorpionfish genus Neosebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 37: 1-76 [24] (species restricted to north-west Pacific, Australian records based on misidentifications of Neosebastes occidentalis)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North-west Pacific (Japan to Taiwan)
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Imamura, H. & Yabe, M. 2001. Larval record of the genus Neosebastes collected from the western Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae). Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University 52(1): 51-53 [51]
Motomura, H. 2004. Revision of the scorpionfish genus Neosebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 37: 1-76 [4]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2022 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 14-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS) |
| 06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 28-Jul-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 14-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED |