Pontinus rhodochrous (Günther 1872)

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Pontinus rhodochrous in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5513

Pontinus rhodochrous (Günther 1872)

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Distribution	Off Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, depth 200 m. Elsewhere the species occurs in the east-Inod-west Pacific.
Remarks	Pontinus rhodochrous is thought to be conspecific with Pontinus tentacularis and possibly Pontinus macrocephalus (Motomura & Matsuura 2016).
Etymology	Sebastes rhodochrous Günther 1872, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1): 659. Type locality: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2019
Resources	Catalog of Fishes

Pontinus rhodochrous (Günther 1872)

References

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463

Günther, A. 1872. Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871(3): 652-675 pls 53-70 See ref at BHL

Motomura, H., Bearez, P. & Causse, R. 2011. Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe. Cybium 35(1): 55-73.

Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. 2016. Pontinus rhodochrous. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69798835A69801007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69798835A69801007.en. Downloaded on 03 October 2019.