Parascorpaena moultoni

Parascorpaena moultoni, the coral perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are native to the Western Central Pacific, and are particularly common in the Coral Sea and the East China Sea.[1]

Coral perch
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Parascorpaena
Species:
P. moultoni
Binomial name
Parascorpaena moultoni
Whitley, 1961
AquaMaps (2019, October). Computer generated distribution maps for Parascorpaena moultoni, with modelled year 2050 native range map based on IPCC RCP8.5 emissions scenario. Retrieved from https://www.aquamaps.org.

Description

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The coral perch has been described as resembling the ocellate scorpionfish Parascorpaena mcadamsi to the point of being regarded as a junior synonym thereof. The primary differentiating feature of the coral perch is its two sub-orbital spines (as opposed to the ocellate scorpionfish which has three).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Parascorpaena moultoni". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. ^ "Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe | Société Française d'Ichtyologie - Cybium". sfi-cybium.fr. Retrieved 2022-05-07.