Spotfin Scorpionfish, Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith 1957

Summary:

It is unclear if this species occurs in Australian waters. The record is based on a tentative identification of AMS I.20498-006 from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

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Bray, D.J. 2025, Parascorpaena maculipinnis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Jun 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1473

Spotfin Scorpionfish, Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith 1957

More Info

Distribution	Capricorn Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar, Taiwan, and southern Japan, including the Ryukyu Islands.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin macula (= spot) and pinna (= fin), in reference to the prominent black blotch or spot on the spinous part of the dorsal fin.
Species Citation	Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith 1957, Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst., Grahamstown 4: 57, fig. 2, pl. 2A. Type locality: Bazaruto Island, Mozambique.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Spotfin Scorpionfish, Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith 1957

References

Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition I. Japan : Tokai University Press, pp v-866.

Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2

Smith, J.L.B. 1957. The fishes of the family Scorpaenidae in the western Indian Ocean. Part 1. The subfamily Scorpaeninae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 4: 49-69 figs 1-5 pls 1-4