{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Alcock, 1896)","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-06-17","CAAB_code":"37287057","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"In a revision of the <i>Neomerinthe bucephalus</i> species group, Matsumoto & Motomura (2024) synonymised <i>Neomerinthe procurva</i> with <i>Neomerinthe bucephalus</i>. In Australia, <i>N. bucephalus</i> is recorded from NW of the Dampier Archipelago (19°24′ S, 116°08' E) north to off Cape Leveque (c. 14 58 S, 121 40 E), WA in 139-211 m depth. Elsehwere, the species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region, including southern India, the Andaman Sea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and southern Indonesia in depths of c. 60-500 m.","habitat":"Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>Slope Demersal (200-2000m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. \r\n, 2023. Taxonomic review of the <i>Neomerinthe bucephalus</i> species group (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with description of a new species from Vanuatu. , <i>Ichthyological Research </i>, Vol. 71, 1: 13-39.","Parent_Id":37287926,"scientificName":"Neomerinthe bucephalus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Scorpaeniformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. \r\n, 2023. Taxonomic review of the <i>Neomerinthe bucephalus</i> species group (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with description of a new species from Vanuatu. , <i>Ichthyological Research </i>, Vol. 71, 1: 13-39.","vernacularName":"Curvedspine Scorpionfish","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276265","family":"Scorpaenidae","standardName":"Curvedspine Scorpionfish (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:be45e9c7-4eef-435d-8c2b-04a232c451af","CAAB_status":"Valid"}