Furneaux Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis furneauxi Whitley 1959
A Furneaux Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis furneauxi, from Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, 2014, USNM 431832. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J., Scorpaenopsis furneauxi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3664
Furneaux Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis furneauxi Whitley 1959
More Info
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Distribution |
NNE of Port Hedland, Western Australia, to E of Lady Elliot Island, Queensland; also Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea. |
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Species Citation |
Scorpaenopsis palmeri furneauxi Whitley 1959, Proc. Roy. Zool. Soc. N. S. W. for 1957-58: 24. Type locality: 11 miles northwest of Pine Peak Island, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. |
Furneaux Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis furneauxi Whitley 1959
References
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293.
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.
Randall, J.E & Eschmeyer, W.N. 2001. Revision of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Scorpaenopsis, with descriptions of eight new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (34): 79 pp.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (misidetified as Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa)
Whitley, G.P. 1959. More ichthyological snippets. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales for 1957-58: 11-26. Ref at BHL
