Brachypterois serrulata

Brachypterois serrulata

Taxonavigation

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: Pteroinae
Genus: Brachypterois
Species: Brachypterois serrulata

Name

Brachypterois serrulata (Richardson, 1846)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH (apparently lost).
• Neotype: ASIZP 62399.
  • Neotype designated by Matsunuma et al. (2013).

Type locality: Sea of China. Neotype locality: Dong-kang, Pingtung, southern Taiwan, (roughly 22°31′N, 120°22′E [1]), 100 m depth.

Synonyms

• Sebastes serrulatus Richardson, 1846
  • Scorpaenodes serrulatus (Richardson, 1846) -- Chu, 1931
  • Brachypterois serrulatus (Richardson, 1846) -- Chu, 1962

Vernacular names

English: Sawcheek Scorpionfish
日本語: Nokogiri-kasago

References

• Matsunuma, M.; Sakurai, M.; Motomura, H. 2013: Revision of the Indo-West Pacific genus Brachypterois (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), with description of a new species from northeastern Australia. Zootaxa 3693(4): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.1 Reference page. 
• Richardson, J. 1846. Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]: 187–320. BHLReference page.