A new deepwater scorpionfish of the genus Scorpaenopsis (scorpaenidae) from Wallis and Futuna Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Causse, Romain ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEEP WATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEW SPECIES; TELEOST;

HOORN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); WALLIS AND FUTUNA; WALLIS ISLANDS;

SCORPAENIDAE; SCORPAENOPSIS; SETARCHES GUENTHERI;

EID: 79551602517     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2010.1066     Document Type: Article

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