{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Matsumoto & Motomura, 2024","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-06-17","CAAB_code":"37287158","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Described from SW of Rowley Shoals (18 38 S, 118 02 E) to NW of Geraldton (27 55 S, 113 08 E), WA in 100-253 m depth. Possibly also occurs in Taiwan but specimens were collected from fish markets within unknown origin (Matsumoto & Motomura 2024).","habitat":"Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>Slope Demersal (200-2000m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H., 2024. Two new species of the scorpionfish genus <i>Neomerinthe</i> Fowler 1935 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from northwestern Australia. , <i>Ichthyological Research</i>, Vol. 72, 1: 130-145. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00975-z\">doi:10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00975-z</a>","Parent_Id":"","scientificName":"Neomerinthe costata","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Scorpaeniformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H., 2024. Two new species of the scorpionfish genus <i>Neomerinthe</i> Fowler 1935 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from northwestern Australia. , <i>Ichthyological Research</i>, Vol. 72, 1: 130-145. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00975-z\">doi:10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00975-z</a>","vernacularName":"[a scorpionfish]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2026-06-17","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Scorpaenidae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}