Brachypterois serrulifer

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 serrulifer

Name

Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938

• Holotype (unique): USNM 98886.

Type locality: Off San Fernando Pt. Light, western coast of Luzon Island, Philippines, 16°30'36"N, 120°11'06"E [1], Albatross station D.5542, depth 45 fathoms.

Synonyms

• Ranipterois serrulifer (Fowler, 1938) -- Whitley, 1950

Vernacular names

English: Sawmaxilla Scorpionfish
日本語: Yokoba-nokogiri-kasago

References

• Fowler, H. W. 1938. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 85(3032): 31–135. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.