Species Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scorpaena neglecta Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1843. Pisces. 21-72 pls 7A-36 in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(2–4). [for date of publication Bauchot, M.-L., Whitehead, P.J.P. & Monod, Th. 1982. Date of publication and authorship of the fish names in Eydoux & Souleyet's zoology of la Bonite, 1841–1852. Cybium 6(3): 59–73 [67]] [43].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH PISC. 619 stuffed, 187.4 mm SL, Nagasaki, Japan.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH PISC. 618 stuffed, 139.8 mm SL, Nagasaki, Japan.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Wibowo, K. & Motomura, H. 2019. Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843, a senior synonym of four nominal species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa [312].

  Secondary source:

   Wibowo, K. & Motomura, H. 2019. Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843, a senior synonym of four nominal species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa [312] (redescription).
• Scorpaena izensis Jordan, D.S. & Starks, E.C. 1904. A review of the scorpaenid fishes of Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27(1351): 91-175 figs 1-21 pls 1-2 [dated 1903] [134, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 50909, Suruga Bay, Japan.
  Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 7366.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wibowo, K. & Motomura, H. 2019. Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843, a senior synonym of four nominal species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa [312]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Port Hedland, WA (18°16ʹS, 118°12ʹE), to north of Bathurst Island, NT (11°05'S), and south of Saumarez Reef, QLD (22°35'S) to off Green Cape, NSW, (37°22ʹS)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Common Name References

Wibowo, K. & Motomura, H. 2019. Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843, a senior synonym of four nominal species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa [312] (Neglected Scorpionfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	SCORPAENIFORMES	20-Aug-2022	ADDED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)