Scorpaena bulacephala, a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the northern Tasman Sea

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1043, 2005, Pages 17-32

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Last, Peter R ^b   Yearsley, Gordon K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

New species; Scorpaena; Scorpaenidae; Southwestern Pacific Ocean; Tasman Sea

Indexed keywords

SCORPAENA; SCORPAENA COLORATA; SCORPAENIDAE; SCORPAENIFORMES;

EID: 33745266101     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1043.1.2     Document Type: Article

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