Review of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaenopsis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) in Japanese waters with three new records and an assessment of standard Japanese names

Japanese Journal of Ichthyology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-115

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshino, Tetsuo ^b   Takamura, Naoto ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NONE

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