Slender Scorpionfish, Lioscorpius longiceps Günther 1880
Slender Scorpionfish, Lioscorpius longiceps. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
Summary:
A slender pink scorpionfish with 5 large indistinct darker blotches on the sides, the first three below the spinous dorsal, one below the soft dorsal and one on the caudal-fin base.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Lioscorpius longiceps in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4048
Slender Scorpionfish, Lioscorpius longiceps Günther 1880
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Distribution |
Off North West Cape, Western Australia, to west of Cartier Island in the Timor Sea, and off Raine Island, north Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west-central Pacific. |
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Similar Species |
The Tripleband Scorpionfish, Lioscorpius trifasciatus, differs in colour pattern, and in having three spines and five soft rays in the anal fin, versus two spines and six rays in L. longiceps. |
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Species Citation |
Lioscorpius longiceps Günther 1880, Report shore fishes voyagef H. M. S. Challenger 1873-1876 1(6) : 40. Type locality: Kai Islands, Challenger station 192, Indonesia, Banda Sea, depth 129 fathoms |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Slender Scorpionfish, Lioscorpius longiceps Günther 1880
References
Eschmeyer, W.N. & Collette, B.B. 1966. The scorpionfish subfamily Setarchinae, including the genus Ectreposebastes. Bulletin of Marine Science 16(2): 349-375 figs 1-5
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.
Günther, A. 1880. Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H.M.S Challenger, in the years 1872–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 1(6): 1-82 pls 1-32
Last, P.R., Yearsley, G.K. & Motomura, H. 2005. Lioscorpius trifasciatus, a new scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Setarchidae) from the South-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1038: 11-22
Mandrytsa, S.A. 2001. Lateral Line System and Classification of Scorpaenoid Fishes (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidei).Perm : Perm State Univ. Press pp. 1-393.
Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. 2016. First records of the deepwater scorpionfish, Lioscorpius trifasciatus (Setarchidae), from outside Australian waters. Biogeography (Japan) 18: 23-28.
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.
