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ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 58, Issue 4, Pages 315-332Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-011-0234-2
Keywords
Ruboralga; Scorpaena jacksoniensis; Scorpaena cardinalis; Scorpaena cookii; Synonymy
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- NZ Foundation for Research Science and Technology through the Te Papa Biosystematics of NZ EEZ Fishes subcontract within NIWA [C01X0502]
- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Tokyo [19770067]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23580259, 20405012] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The Scorpaena cardinalis complex, including S. cardinalis, S. jacksoniensis and S. orgila, is defined. The genus Ruboralga (type species: S. jacksoniensis) is regarded as a junior synonym of Scorpaena. Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner 1866, previously treated as a junior synonym of Scorpaena cardinalis Solander and Richardson 1842, is regarded here as a valid species. Scorpaena cookii Gunther 1874, previously treated as a valid species, is regarded here as a junior synonym of S. cardinalis. Thus, recent recognition of the two Australasian scorpionfishes, i.e., S. cardinalis and S. cookii, are re-identified in this study as S. jacksoniensis and S. cardinalis, respectively. Scorpaena plebeia Solander 1842 is regarded as a junior synonym of S. cardinalis. Scorpaena jacksoniensis is distributed along the east coast of Australia from southern Queensland to eastern Victoria, whereas S. cardinalis occurs around northern New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and offshore islands of the Tasman Sea. A neotype is designated for S. cardinalis. Morphological changes with growth in the two species are described in detail.
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