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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 2002

Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus: A New Indo-Pacific Scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae)

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Page Range: 973 – 978
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0973:SQANIP]2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

A new scorpionfish species is described from Fiji and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, where it was collected from high-energy habitats. It is most similar to Scorpaenodes parvipinnis, with which it coexists, but differs in having four suborbital spines instead of five or more, by lacking a spine on the lachrymal ridge, and in coloration. It differs from S. parvipinnis and all other species of Scorpaenodes by having the second spine on the suborbital ridge extending dorsally above the lower orbit margin.

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Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus, holotype, CAS 214498.


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Orbital region of Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus (A), CAS 214498 and Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (B), CAS 214499. Numerals indicate suborbital spines


Accepted: 07 Jun 2002
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