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Species in the genus Parascorpaena: [ 20 ] records

armata, Scorpaena Sauvage [H.-E.] 1873:49, Pl. 6 (figs. 1-1a) [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 9 (pt 2, Bulletin); ref. 18661] East Indies. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4762 (1), B-1453 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:10 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Parascorpaena armata (Sauvage 1873) -- (Motomura et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena armata (Sauvage 1873). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

aurita, Scorpaena Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:106, Pl. 27 (fig. 2) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 1266. Possible type: RMNH 591 [ex SMF] (1). •Valid as Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838) -- (Dor 1984:81 [ref. 29757], Winterbottom et al. 1989:20 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2009:43 [ref. 30319], Motomura 2009:64 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:89 [ref. 31256], Motomura et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:224 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Moore et al. 2020:109 [ref. 37357], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:17 [ref. 38121], Fujiwara et al. 2022:88 [ref. 39094], Chou & Liao 2022:9 [ref. 39195], Poss & Motomura 2022:523 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya south to Mozambique), Seychelles and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to Taiwan and Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

bandanensis, Scorpaena Bleeker [P.] 1851:237 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 10632. Type Catalog: Fricke 2005:57 [ref. 29864]. Appeared first in the abstract as above, then in Steindachner 1866:438, Pl. 3 (figs. 2-2a) [ref. 4210]; also on p. 15 of separate. •Valid as Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Allen & Erdmann 2012:225 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Kwik & Lim 2020:13 [ref. 38869]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker 1851). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

bellicosa, Scorpaena Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:17 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Nicol Bay, Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Scorpaena picta Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:449 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Paracorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066] with Kuhl and van Hasselt as authors). •Synonym of Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838) -- (Motomura et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30319], Motomura et al. 2011:330 [ref. 31618]) Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Scorpaena Day [F.] 1878:747 [149], Pl. 36 (fig. 2) [The fishes of India Part 4; ref. 4887] Andaman Islands, east of Bay of Bengal. Syntypes: AMS B.8277 (1), ZSI 1751 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:159 [ref. 23762]. Based on Day's treatment on Scorpaena Haplodactylus (not of Bleeker) on p. 149. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •In Parascorpaena -- (Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[4] [ref. 38565]). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

burra, Scorpaena Richardson [J.] 1842:215 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (no. 57); ref. 21246] Depuch Island, Western Australia. No type known. Based on a drawing. •Synonym of Scorpaena picta Kuhl & van Hasselt 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:448 [ref. 12442] with Kuhl & van Hasselt as authors). •Synonym of Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen et al. 2006:883 [ref. 29066] with Kuhl & van Hasselt as authors). •Nomen dubium -- (Motomura et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30319]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

bynoensis, Scorpaena Richardson [J.] 1845:22, Pl. 14 (figs. 3-5) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Northwestern coast of Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Scorpaena bynoensis Richarson 1845 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Sebastapistes bynoensis (Richardson 1845) -- (Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122]). •Synonym of Scorpaena picta Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:449 [ref. 12442], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:325 [ref. 28867], Larson et al. 2013:81 [ref. 32988]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066] with Kuhl & van Hasselt as authors). •Synonym of Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838) -- (Motomura et al. 2009:45 [ref. 30319]). Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

dentata, Scorpaena Günther [A.] 1874:76 [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Palau Islands [Pelew Islands]. Syntypes: BMNH 1873.4.3.192-192b (2). •In Parascorpaena -- (Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[4] [ref. 38565]). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

grandisquamis, Scorpaena Ogilby [J. D.] 1910:107 [On some new fishes from the Queensland coast; ref. 3289] North West Islet, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS E.1418. Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159]. For remarks on types see Imamura & Hoese 2020:[8] [ref. 37793]. •Valid as Scorpaena grandisquamis Ogilby 1910 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:885 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159]). •In Parascorpaena -- (Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[4] [ref. 38565]). •Synonym of Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855) -- (Chou & Liao 2022:11 [ref. 39195]). Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

longicornis, Scorpaena Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:47, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1865.2.27.36-38, 1865.3.18.10. •Synonym of Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:82 [ref. 29757], Fricke et al. 2016:424 [ref. 34135], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

maculipinnis, Parascorpaena Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:57, Fig. 2; Pl. 2 (fig. A) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 4; ref. 4112] Bazaruto Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 335. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 391-396 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1). •Synonym of Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler 1938) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:469 [ref. 5652]). •Valid as Scorpaena maculipinnis (Smith 1957) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:448 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith 1957 -- (Nakabo 2000:578 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:578 [ref. 26001], Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith 1957. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: East Africa and Madagascar; Ryukyu Islands and southern Japan; northern Australia. Probably more widespread. Habitat: marine.

mcadamsi, Scorpaena Fowler [H. W.] 1938:60, Fig. 24 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Jolo Light, vicinity of Jolo, Philippines [Sulu Archipelago, Sulawesi Sea], 6°03'45"N, 120°57'E, Albatross station D.5174, depth 20 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 98904. Paratypes: (a series) USNM 99013 (1), 133068 (1). •Valid as Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler 1938) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:469 [ref. 5652], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:503 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:97 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:156 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2326 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:578 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:578 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:118 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:225 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:50 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Mohapatra et al. 2015:104 [ref. 40453], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Koeda et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805], Akaike et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38809], Chou & Liao 2022:8 [ref. 39195], Poss & Motomura 2022:523 [ref. 39725], Mochizuki et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40259]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler 1938). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Marshall Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kyushu (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Society Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

mossambica, Scorpaena Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:434 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Ibo, 12°S, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: ZMB 772. Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:271 [ref. 19946]. Also described as new in Peters 1855:241 [ref. 13448]. •Valid as Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:81 [ref. 29757], Eschmeyer 1986:469 [ref. 5652], Randall et al. 1990:79 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:79 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:97 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2327 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:577 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:164 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:63 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:577 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:118 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:883 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2010:89 [ref. 31256], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:64 [ref. 35264], Motomura et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:225 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2015:18 [ref. 34709], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Chou & Liao 2022:9 [ref. 39195], Poss & Motomura 2022:524 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to western Indonesia and Australia. Habitat: marine.

moultoni, Scorpaena Whitley [G. P.] 1961:9, Fig. 1 [North Queensland Naturalist v. 29 (no. 127); ref. 9390] North of Wilson Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.5062. •Synonym of Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler 1938) -- (Allen et al. 2006:883 [ref. 29066]). •Valid as Scorpaena moultoni Whitley 1961 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:448 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley 1961) -- (Motomura et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Tsuno et al. 2022:79 [ref. 39111], Mochizuki et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40259]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley 1961). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan); northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

picta, Scorpaena Cuvier [G.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:321 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6707. Types: ?RMNH 5859 (3), ?SMF 309 [ex RMNH in 1829] (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:16-17 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Scorpaena picta Cuvier 1829 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:448 [ref. 12442], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:574 [ref. 27969] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:50 [ref. 25477], Allen 1997:78 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:503 [ref. 25919], Poss 1999:2327 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:727 [ref. 25471], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:883 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30319], Allen & Erdmann 2012:226 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:81 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Kwik & Lim 2020:12 [ref. 38869], Psomadakis et al. 2020:359 [ref. 37272], Chou & Liao 2022:11 [ref. 39195], Hasan et al. 2023:2212 [ref. 40412], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:304 [ref. 40698]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka and Myanmar east to Philippines and Fiji, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

polyprion, Scorpaena Bleeker [P.] 1849:7 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [5]; ref. 16881] Boleling, northern Bali, and Tappanoli, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: ?NMW 21518-20 (3), RMNH 5849 (1 or more of 4). •In Parascorpaena -- (Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[4] [ref. 38565]). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

poseidon, Parascorpaena Chou [T.-K.] & Liao [T.-Y.] 2022:2, Figs. 1-4A [Zoological Studies v. 61: 9; ref. 39195] Sizihwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 22°37'26"N, 120°15'44"E. Holotype: NMMB P035691. Paratypes: ASIZP, DOS, NMMB. •Valid as Parascorpaena poseidon Chou & Liao 2022. Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena poseidon Chou & Liao 2022. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southwestern Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

stokesii, Scorpaena Richardson [J.] 1846:487, Pl. 2 (figs. 6-9) [Discoveries in Australia; ref. 3743] Coasts of Australia/northern Australia. Holotype (unique): HMG 2.4" spirit specimen (whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Scorpaena picta Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:449 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066] with authors as Kuhl & van Hasselt). Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

voelzkowi, Scorpaena Jatzow [R.] & Lenz [H.] 1898:503, Pl. 34 (fig. 1) [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft v. 21; ref. 14685] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. •In Parascorpaena -- (Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[4] [ref. 38565]). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

zanzibarensis, Scorpaena Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:47, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: BMNH 1867.3.9.184. Non-types: BMNH 1865.3.18.50 (1). •Synonym of Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855). •In Parascorpaena -- (Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[4] [ref. 38565]). Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.