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Species Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

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Species Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862

Deepwater Scorpionfish, Deepsea Scorpionfish

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

West of Albany, WA (35º22´S) to east of Evans Shoal, NT (130º13´E), East of Dunk Island, QLD and off Botany Bay (33°39´S) to Bermagui (36°31´S), NSW; tropical, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), 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), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

170–576 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [78]

Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Cross, N.J. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Setarchidae. pp. 869-870 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. [870]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [50]

Eschmeyer, W.N. & Collette, B.B. 1966. The scorpionfish subfamily Setarchinae, including the genus Ectreposebastes. Bulletin of Marine Science 16(2): 349-375 figs 1-5 [359]

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 [379]

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.

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [28]

Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpeaniformes: Scorpaenidei). Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393. [275]

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. [451]

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. [2347]

Wada, H., Kai, Y. & Motomura, H. 2021. Redescription of the circumglobal deepwater scorpionfish Setarches guentheri (Setarchidae). Ichthyological Research 68: 32-54

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022 SCORPAENIFORMES 04-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
06-May-2015 SCORPAENIFORMES 16-Mar-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED