Species Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Guam Scorpionfish, Common Scorpionfish
- Scorpaena guamensis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Chapter 8. Poissons. 183-328 pls 43-65 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls. [326].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN 6667, Guam, Mariana Islands.
Paralectotype(s) MNHN 6667, same locality data as lectotype;
Syntype(s) MNHP 0000-6667, Guam; MNHP 0000-6670, Guam.Subsequent designation references:
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360 [346]. - Scorpaena rubropunctata Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 4 518 pp. pls 72-99. [324].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB 766, Red Sea, Indian Ocean.
Paralectotype(s) ZMB 765, same locality data as lectotype; ZMB 766, same locality data as lectotype.Subsequent designation references:
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360 [347]. - Sebastes minutus Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 4 518 pp. pls 72-99. [348] [objective synonym].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN 6667 (also lectotype of Scorpaena guamensis), Guam, Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean.
Paralectotype(s) MNHN 6667 (also paralectotype of Scorpaena guamensis), same locality data as lectotype; MNHN 6668, Tahiti, Society Islands; MNHN 6669, Bora Bora, Society Islands; MNHN 6670, Waigiou, Indonesia; RMNH 657, Bora Bora, Society Islands; SMF 1473, Timor, Indonesia; SMF 1473 (identified as Scorpaenodes varipinnis), Timor, Indonesia.Subsequent designation references:
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360 [346]. - Scorpaena chilioprista Rüppell, W.P.E. 1838. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt Vol. 4, pp. 81–148, pls 22–33. [107].
Type data:
Holotype SMF 476, Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. - Scorpaena polylepis Bleeker, P. 1851. Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der Percoidei, Scleroparei, Sciaenoidei, Maenoidei, Chaetodontoidei en Scomberoidei van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 2: 163-179 [173].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 5855, Western Sumatra, Indonesia.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 35642, same locality data as lectotype; SMNS 10633, same locality data as lectotype;
Syntype(s) AM B.8267, Sumatra, Indonesia; RMNH 5855 (10), Sumatra, Indonesia; SMNS 10633 (4), Sumatra, Indonesia.Subsequent designation references:
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360 [347]. - Centropogon echinatus Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 [436].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.16353-001 (ex MAMU F794), Endeavour River, Queensland. - Scorpaena erinacea Garman, S. 1903. Some fishes from Australasia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 39(8): 229-241 pls 1-5 [231].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 28313, Suva Reef, Viti Levu, Fiji. - Scorpaenopsis quiescens Seale, A. 1906. Fishes of the South Pacific. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 4(1): 1-89 figs 1-23 [80].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 1352, Tahiti, Society Islands.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [387] (echinatus)
- Dor, M. 1984. CLOFRES, Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea. Jerusalem : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 437 pp. 2 figs. [82]
- Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360 [346]
Generic Combinations
- Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
Eschmeyer, W.N. 1986. Family No. 149: Scorpaenidae. pp. 463-478 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [472] - Scorpaenodes polylepis (Bleeker, 1851). —
Bleeker, P. 1857. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Sangi-eilanden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 13: 369-380 [371] (changed combination with naming of genus Scorpaenodes)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Houtman Abrolhos, to Dampier Archipelago, Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, WA, Cape York, QLD to Minnie Water (29°50'S), NSW, Murray Island and east of Cairns, Coral Sea; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
1-30m
General References
Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [8]
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. [886]
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [159]
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]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [27]
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [727]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [387]
Motomura, H., Béarez, P. & Causse, R. 2011. Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe. Cybium 33(1): 55-73 [66]
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Scorpaenidae), a senior synonym of seven nominal species. Zootaxa 4067(3): 345-360
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. [2336]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2160)
Common Name References
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [24] (Common Scorpionfish)
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. [2336] (FAO) (Guam Scorpionfish)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [81] (Guam Scorpionfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Guam Scorpionfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2016 | Scorpaeninae | 09-Feb-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 29-Jan-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |