Scorpaena pepo, a new species of scorpionfish (scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from northeastern Taiwan, with a Review of S. onaria jordan and snyder

Zoological Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-45

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Poss, Stuart G ^b   Shao, Kwang Tsao ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Academia Sinica ^*  (United States)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

New species; Scorpaena onaria; Scorpaena pepo; Scorpaenidae; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

PEPO; SCORPAENA; SCORPAENA ONARIA; SCORPAENIDAE; SCORPAENIFORMES;

EID: 34248546239     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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