Genus Pterois Oken, 1817

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External Links

• Pterois Oken, L. 1817. V. Klasse Fische. Isis (Muenchen) 8(148): 1181-1183 [misprinted 1781-1783] [1182].

  Type species:

   Scorpaena volitans Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Desmarest, E. 1856. Reptiles et poissons. 1-360 +1-62, pls 1-48 in Chenu, J.G. Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, Traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éeminents de toutes les époques, etc.... par le Dr. Chenu. Vol. 19 1-360 +1-62, pls 1-48. [215].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SCORPAENIDAE: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) — Schultz, E.T. 1986. Pterois volitans and Pterois miles: two valid species. Copeia 1986(3): 686-690 (restricted to Indian Ocean); Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [221] (restricted to Indian Ocean, but reaches Indonesia north of Australia)

SCORPAENIDAE: Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) — Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. 2014. Pterois paucispinula, a new species of lionfish (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research (restricted to western to northeastern Indian Ocean)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Allen, G.R. Cross, N.J., Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Pteroinae. pp. 877-880 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. [879]

Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpeaniformes: Scorpaenidei). Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393. [253]

Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. 2014. Pterois paucispinula, a new species of lionfish (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research

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. [446]

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.

 

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)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED