Noronha’s Scorpionfish, Pteroidichthys noronhai (Fowler 1938)

Illustration of the holotype of Pteroidichthys noronhai - USNM 98892. Source: Fig. 34, p. 78 in Fowler 1938 Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85. License: Public Domain

Summary:

A species of Pteroidichthys that lacks a distinct black blotch on the rays at the front of the soft dorsal fin.

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Dianne J. Bray, Pteroidichthys noronhai in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2740

Noronha’s Scorpionfish, Pteroidichthys noronhai (Fowler 1938)

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Features

Dorsal fin XII, 8-9; Anal fin III, 5.

Dorsal-fin spines rigid; snout relatively short, length 13.5-16.9% (mean 15.3%) of SL, shorter than postorbital length; posterior margin of maxilla reaching to or extending beyond vertical through middle of pupil; distance between tips of lateral lacrimal and first suborbital spines shorter than or subequal to that between tips of first and second suborbital spines; with supplemental preopercular spine; poorly developed tentacles on supraocular and posterior lacrimal spines, their lengths usually less than (rarely longer than) orbit diameter; only a few tentacles on trunk and fins; well-developed lateral lacrimal and suborbital spines, with pointed tips.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Noronha’s Scorpionfish, Pteroidichthys noronhai (Fowler 1938)

References

Motomura, H. & Kanade, Y. 2015. Review of the scorpionfish genus Pteroidichthys (Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4057(4): 490-510.