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Issue: Vol. 3111 No. 1: 28 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3111.1.4
Page range: 64–66
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

Primary type status of Perca cirrosa Thunberg, 1793 (Scorpaenidae)

The Kagoshima University Museum, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Fish Scorpaenidae

Abstract

The Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scorpaenopsis was revised by Randall and Eschmeyer (2001), who recognized 24 valid species in the genus. Subsequently, Randall and Greenfield (2004), Motomura (2004a) and Motomura and Causse (2011) described S. eschmeyeri, S. insperatus and S. crenulata, respectively, being new species from the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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