Dwarf Red Deepwater Scorpionfish, Lythrichthys cypho Wada, Kai & Motomura 2021

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Lythrichthys cypho in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5615

Dwarf Red Deepwater Scorpionfish, Lythrichthys cypho Wada, Kai & Motomura 2021

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Distribution	Northwest Shelf off Port Hedland, to off Cape Leveque, Western Australia; also on the Norfolk Ridge in the Tasman Sea.
Colour	Head and body blackish-red (dull red at ca. 40 mm SL or greater), uniformly scattered with black pigment spots, and sometimes a few dark smudges posteriorly on the palate. All fins blackish-red to pale-red, with distal margins of soft-rayed portions white (distal margin of pectoral fin black in large individuals); pectoral-fin base faintly black or absent; iris yellowish-gold to reddish-gold.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021

Dwarf Red Deepwater Scorpionfish, Lythrichthys cypho Wada, Kai & Motomura 2021

References

Wada, H., Kai, Y. & Motomura, H. 2021. Revision of the resurrected deepwater scorpionfish genus Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Research 68: 373–403 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00793-z