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Species Plectrogenium nanum Gilbert, 1905

Bigeye Scorpionfish

 

Introduction

Matsunuma et al. (2022) regard Plectrogenium nanum as restricted to the Hawaiian Islands and suggest that Australian material identified as this species may represent one of the new species they described, or an undescribed species. We retain the species here as P. nanum until further work can be conducted to confirm its identity.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Leschenault to North West Shelf (122°E), WA, East of Evans Shoal, NT and east of Cape York, QLD to southern Coral Sea (22°52'S, 154°20'E); tropical, distjunct, antitropical, south-west Pacific, Hawaii and north-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

150–600 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022 SCORPAENIFORMES 28-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
06-May-2015 SCORPAENIFORMES 29-Oct-2019 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED