Species Scorpaena onaria Jordan & Snyder, 1900
Western Scorpionfish, Neglected Scorpionfish
- Scorpaena onaria Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1900. A list of fishes collected in Japan by Keinosuke Otaki, and by the United States Steamer Albatross, with descriptions of fourteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1213): 335-380 pls 9-20 [365, pl. 16].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 49405, Misaki, Japan.
Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 6275, Misaki, Japan.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Scorpaena cf onaria [CAAB http://www.marine.csiro.au/caabsearch/caab_search.caab_report?spcode=37287041].
- Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 [misidentification]. —
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. [115]
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]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [27]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
N of Port Hedland (18º32´S) to NW of Cape Leveque (15ºS), Timor Sea, and NE of Whitsunday Group, QLD (19°37'S) to the Taupo Tablemount, NSW (33°08'S), also Lord Howe rise and Norfolk Ridge in Aus EEZ; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.
General References
Allen, G.R. Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Scorpaeninae. pp. 881-892 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. [885]
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 [378]
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. [115] (as Scorpaena neglecta)
Motomura, H., Poss, S.G. & Shao, K.-T. 2007. Scorpaena pepo, a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from northeastern Taiwan, with a review of S. onaria Jordan and Snyder. Zoological Studies 46: 35–45 [37]
Motomura, H. & Peristiwady, T. 2010. Scorpaena onaria (Scorpaenidae), previously considered to have an antitropical distribution, found in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, western central Pacific Ocean. Biogeography 12: 127-131
Motomura, M., Paulin, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. 2005. First records of Scorpaena onaria (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, and comparisons with the Northern Hemisphere population. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 865-880 [865]
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 neglecta)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [98] (as Scorpaenopsis sp)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 15-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |