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Scorpaena pepo Motomura, Poss and Shao 2007

Description

164. Scorpaena pepo Motomura, Poss and Shao, 2007:36, figs. 1, 2A

Holotype: ASIZP 65020 (male, 244.3), off NE coast of Taiwan, hook and line fishing, ca. 200 m depth; Taipei Fish Market, 19 May 2005, coll. H. Motomura.

Paratypes: AMS I. 43631–001 (1, male, 223.1), same data as for holotype except date, 18 May 2005; ASIZP 65021 (1, female, 245.1), same data as holotype; NTUM 4555 (1, male, 172.9), Nanfangao, Ilan, NE Taiwan, 25 Dec. 1981.

Notes

Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 2957 on page 40

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ASIZP , NTUM
Event date
1981-12-25 , 2005-05-18 , 2005-05-19
Family
Scorpaenidae
Genus
Scorpaena
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
ASIZP 65020 , ASIZP 65021 , NTUM 4555
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Motomura, Poss and Shao
Species
pepo
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1981-12-25 , 2005-05-18 , 2005-05-19
Taxonomic concept label
Scorpaena pepo Motomura, 2007 sec. Ho & Shao, 2011

References

  • Motomura, H., Poss, S. G. & Shao, K. - T. (2007) Scorpaena pepo, a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes, Scorpaenidae) from northeastern Taiwan, with a review of S. onaria Jordan and Snyder. Zoological Studies, 46, 35 - 45.