• Pontinus Poey, F. 1860. Memorias sobre la Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios latinos y extractos en francés. 49. Poissons de Cuba, espèces nouvelles (1). pp. 115–336 Habana Vol. 2 442 pp. 19 pls. [172].

  Type species:

   Pontinus castor Poey, 1865 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

History of changes

• Sebastes macrocephalus Sauvage, H.-E. 1882. Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7th 6: 168-176 [169].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A-4165 (unique), Hawaiian Islands.

Generic Combinations

• Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage, 1882). —
  Eschmeyer, W.N. & Randall, J.E. 1975. The scorpaenid fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, including new species and new records (Pisces : Scorpaenidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 40(11): 265-334 figs 1-25 [294]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W of Beagle Bay, WA (17º03'S) to the Evans Shoal Area, Timor Sea (129º30'E), also Christmas Island, Indian Ocean; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [113, 318]

Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202 [193]

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [294]

Common Name References

FishBase 2013. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Large-headed Scorpionfish)

History of changes