Humpback Waspfish, Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees 1964
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Cheroscorpaena tridactyla in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4047
Humpback Waspfish, Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees 1964
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Distribution |
Wyndham, Western Australia, to the mouth of the East Alligator River, Northern Terrotry, and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Elsewhere the species occurs in New Guinea. Inhabits shallow coastal reefs. |
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Species Citation |
Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees 1964, Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 40(1): 1-4 fig. 1 [1, pl. 1]. Type data: Holotype RMNH 24787, Frederik Hendrik Island, New Guinea. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Humpback Waspfish, Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees 1964
References
Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications.
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
Mees, G.F. 1964. A new fish of the family Scorpaenidae from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden)40(1): 1-4 fig. 1 See ref online
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.
