Species Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scorpaenopsis possi Randall, J.E. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 2001. Revision of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scorpaenopsis, with descriptions of eight new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 34: 1-79 [Date published 2002] [54, pls VII (figs. B-D), XII (A-C)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 16770, southern side off McCoy, Pitcairn Island [25°4'S, 130°6'E].
  Paratype(s) ANSP 177970; ASIZP 60749; BPBM 10336; BPBM 12309; BPBM 15450; BPBM 29332; CAS 54120; CAS 54196; CAS 54199; CAS 54220; CAS 54224; CAS 54228; FMNH 109196; LACM 55927-1; MNHP 2001-105; NSMT -P.61030; ROM 72492; USNM 364997; AM; WAM; SAIAB; SMF.

 

Introduction

Records of this species from the Great Barrier Reef have subsequently been found to belong to Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri Greenfield & Randall, 2004.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Island, Shark Bay and Monte Bello Islands, WA, New Year Island, NT, Ashmore Reef and Cartier Reef, Timor Sea and Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), 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)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [235]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [123]

Randall, J.E. & Greenfield, D.W. 2004. Two new Scorpionfishes (Scorpaenidae) from the South Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(19): 384-394 [390]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	SCORPAENIFORMES	19-Feb-2015	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)