Gap-toothed Red Deepwater Scorpionfish, Lythrichthys dentatus Wada, Kai & Motomura 2021
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Lythrichthys dentatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5616
Gap-toothed Red Deepwater Scorpionfish, Lythrichthys dentatus Wada, Kai & Motomura 2021
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Distribution |
Western Australia and Queensland, and the Sulu and Timor seas. |
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Similar Species |
Lythrichthys dentatus differs from all other congeners in having long, spaced canine teeth on the jaws, and generally a single straight row (totaling ca. 40 teeth) on the premaxilla (vs. short dense jaw teeth, and 2–8 irregular rows totaling >100 teeth on the premaxilla in all other congeners, |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
Gap-toothed Red Deepwater Scorpionfish, Lythrichthys dentatus 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
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