Scorpaenodes barrybrowni

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: Scorpaenodes

Species: Scorpaenodes barrybrowni

Name

Scorpaenodes barrybrowni Pitassy & Baldwin, 2016

• Holotype: USNM 406390, Smithsonian DNA number CUR11390.
• Paratypes: USNM 406138, 430028, 426717; CAS 241446.

Type locality: Curasub submersible, sta. 11-5, Curaçao, eastward of Substation Curaçao downline, 12.0832°N, 68.8991°W, 95–160 m depth.

Etymology: Named in honor of Barry Brown, Substation Curaçao and free-lance photographer (www.coralreefphotos.com), who has patiently, diligently, and expertly taken photographs of hundreds of fishes and invertebrates captured alive by DROP investigators. He has generously shared his photographs, and they have enhanced numerous scientific and educational publications.

References

• Baldwin, C.C., Pitassy, D.E. & Robertson, D.R. 2016. A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relationships of western Atlantic members of the genus. ZooKeys 606: 141–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.606.8590 Reference page.