Record of the St. Helena deepwater scorpionfish, Pontinus nigropunctatus (Günther) (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), in the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-48

  Vaske Jr , Teodoro ^a   De Lima, Kaio Lopes ^a   Ribeiro, Aurelyanna C B ^b   Lessa, Rosangela Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic archipelago; Bottom hand line; Deepwater fish; Endemic species; New record

Indexed keywords

PONTINUS; SCORPAENIDAE; SCORPAENIFORMES; SETARCHES GUENTHERI;

EID: 42549161899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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