CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Scorpaeniformes (order) » Scorpaenidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 287067 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Parascorpaena grandisquamis (Ogilby, 1910)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 287 Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Bigscale Scorpionfish
Organism Type:	a scorpionfish
Synonyms:	Scorpaena grandisquamis [in most Australian references prior to 2021]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 287932 Parascorpaena spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	287067

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-04-20.
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Expected species depth range is from 3 to 30 m.

Taxon Notes:	Wibowo & Motomura (2021) moved this species from the genus Scorpaena to Parascorpaena.

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Wibowo, Kunto, Motomura, Hiroyuki, 2022. Review of Indo-Pacific species of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaena (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species from the west coast of Australia, Ichthyological Research, Vol. 69: 199-235. doi:10.1007/s10228-021-00827-0

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