Redescription of a poorly known scorpionfish, Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage), and a first record of Pontinus leda Eschmeyer from the Northern Hemisphere (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)

Stuttgarter Beitrage Zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie)

Volumn 2005, Issue 674, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Fricke, Ronald ^b   Eschmeyer, William N ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; First record; Northern Hemisphere; Pontinus le da; Redescription; Scorpaena canariensis; Scorpaenidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125561471     PISSN: 03410145     EISSN: 21935513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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