Neomerinthe erostris

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Scorpaenidae
Subfamilia: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Neomerinthe
Species: Neomerinthe erostris

Name

Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896)

• Syntypes: ZSI F12977-78 (2).

Type locality: Off southern Sri Lanka, 6°06'30"N, 81°23'E, Investigator station 59, depth 34 or 42 fathoms.

Synonyms

• Scorpaena erostris Alcock, 1896
• Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler, 1938
  • Neomerinthe gibbifrons (Fowler, 1938) -- Motomura et al., 2006
• Neomerinthe rotunda Chen, 1981
• Neomerinthe bathyperimensis Zajonz & Klausewitz, 2002

References

• Alcock, A. W., 1896: Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301–338. BHL

• Motomura, H., Causse, R., Béarez, P. & Mishra, S.S., 2015: Redescription of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896), a senior synonym of Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler 1938, N. rotunda Chen 1981, and N. bathyperimensis Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002. Zootaxa 4021(4): 529–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Neomerinthe erostris in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Neomerinthe erostris in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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