Species Trachyscorpia carnomagula Motomura, Last & Yearsley, 2007

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• Trachyscorpia (Mesoscorpia) carnomagula Motomura, H., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2007. Two new species of the scorpionfish genus Trachyscorpia (Sebastidae: Sebastolobinae) from the southern Indo-West Pacific, with comments on the distribution of T. eschmeyeri. Zootaxa 1466: 19-34 [22, figs 1A-B, 2A, 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.4234-01, east of St Patricks Head, TAS, 900m [41°30'S, 148°44'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.42737-007, Lord Howe Plateau, Tasman Sea, 780–818m [34°02’S, 162°36’E]; AM I.42742-002 (2), Lord Howe Plateau, Tasman Sea, 748–772m [34°12’S, 162°41’E]; AM I.42770-001, Western Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea, 809–857m [34°18’S, 168°23’E]; CSIRO H.6084-02, West Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea, 825–850m [34°18–19’S, 168°23–25’E]; CSIRO H.6084-03, West Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea, 825–850m [34°18–19’S, 168°23–25’E]; CSIRO H.6044-02, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, 812–818m [33°59’–34°01’S, 162°35’E]; CSIRO H.6044-03, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, 812–818m [33°59’–34°01’S, 162°35’E]; CSIRO H.6044-04, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, 812–818m [33°59’–34°01’S, 162°35’E]; CSIRO H.6044-05, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, 812–818m [33°59’–34°01’S, 162°35’E]; CSIRO H.6050-17, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, 748–763m [34°11–12’S, 162°37–41’E]; CSIRO H.6050-18, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, 748–763m [34°11–12’S, 162°37–41’E]; CSIRO H.4403-03, Cascade Plateau, Tasman Sea, 800–1020m [43°57’S, 150°23’E]; KAUM I.150, Western Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea, 809–857m [34°18’S, 168°23’E]; NMNZ P.23060, Hikurangi Trough, New Zealand, 731–840m [40°01’S, 178°05’E]; NMNZ P.35364, outer northern Bay of Plenty, new Zealand, 920–1039m [36°10’S, 176°47’E]; NMNZ P.36975, east of Coromandel, New Zealand, 915–980m [36°31’S, 176°30’E]; NMNZ P.38277, north of Chatham Island, New Zealand, 750–919m [42°50’S, 176°56’E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Trachyscorpia sp. [Trachyscorpia sp. "deep, big spot" in ISR Munro collection]. —
  Daley, R.K., Last, P.R., Yearsley, G.K. & Ward, R.D. 1997. South east fishery quota species. An identification guide. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 91 pp.
• Trachyscorpia cf. cristulata.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off eastern TAS and Point D'Entrecasteaux, WA (114°42–43'E); temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea, just outside AFZ).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

700–1027 m.

 

General References

McCosker, J.E. 2008. Trachyscorpia osheri and Idiastion hageyi, two new species of deepwater scorpionfishes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae, Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 59(3): 113-123 [118]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	28-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED