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Scorpaenopsis papuensis (Cuvier, 1829)

To FishBase images (<i>Scorpaenopsis papuensis</i>, Papua New Guinea, by Patzner, R.)

To FishBase images (Scorpaenopsis papuensis, Papua New Guinea, by Patzner, R.)

AphiaID

277533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277533)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1837

Original name

Scorpaena papuensis Cuvier, 1829

Synonymised names

Scorpaena papuensis Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Scorpaena papuensis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 321 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scorpaenopsis papuensis (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277533 on 2025-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2020-09-24 06:35:24Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scorpaena papuensis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 321 [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]