Species Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961)
- Scorpaena moultoni Whitley, 1961.
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.5062, north of Wilson Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland.Secondary source:
Whitley, G.P. 1961. A new scorpion fish from Queensland. North Queensland Naturalist 29(127): 9-10 fig. 1 [9, fig. 1].
Generic Combinations
- Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961). —
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 [63] (changed combination with recognition of species distinct from Parascorpaena mcadamsi)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) [in part, considered a senior synonym of Parascorpaena moultoni]. —
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [74]
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. [2326]
Allen, G.R., N J. Cross, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese. 2006. Scorpaenidae. p. 876 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. [882]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea and reef off Cape Melville (13°56'S) to One Tree Island, QLD., tropical, south-west Pacific (New Caledonia)
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef.
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]
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. [448] (as Scorpaena moultoni)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2144, as Scorpaena moultoni)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2016 | Scorpaeninae | 23-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| SCORPAENIFORMES | 22-Feb-2015 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |