Validity of the poorly known scorpionfish, Rhinopias eschmeyeri, with redescriptions of R. frondosa and R. aphanes (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 500-515

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; COLOR; FISH;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; JAPAN; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

APHANES; RHINOPIAS; RHINOPIAS FRONDOSA; SCORPAENIDAE; SCORPAENIFORMES;

EID: 33749517552     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[500:VOTPKS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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