FB-66740 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66740 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Haplochromis Haplochromis argens de Zeeuw, Westbroek & Witte, 2013 Blotched Polynesian scorpionfish Rascasse maculée de Polynésie 2013-01-15 2024-03-14 Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse0 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 <i>Neomerinthe</i>. Cybium 35(1):55-73. (Ref. 86966) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66750 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-22 00:00:00 2013-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66750 This species is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal-fin soft rays 9 (rarely 10); pectoral-fin rays 18 (rarely 17 or 19); scale rows in longitudinal series 47-53; pored lateral-line scales 24; scale rows above lateral line 7-9, below 13-15; scale rows between sixth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 6-8; scale rows between last dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 7 or 8; gill rakers in adults 19-21, in young 15-19; no median ridge on lateral surface of maxilla; no lateral lacrimal spine; simple anterior and posterior lacrimal spines, directed posteroventrally; suborbital spines 3; preopercular spines 5; no upper posttemporal spine; posterior margin of maxilla extending beyond posterior margin of pupil; slit behind fourth gill arch present; no swimbladder; relatively small eye with orbit diameter 14.5-15.4% SL; relatively narrow interorbital space, interorbital width at middle of eye 5.4-6.3% SL, at preocular spine base 4.7-5.6% SL; black blotch above first and second pored lateral-line scales (Ref. 86966). Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse 2011 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 <i>Neomerinthe</i>. Cybium 35(1):55-73. (Ref. 86966) FB-Morphology-66750 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-22 00:00:00 2013-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66750 Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5 Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse 2011 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 <i>Neomerinthe</i>. Cybium 35(1):55-73. (Ref. 86966) FB-Distribution-66750 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-22 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66750 Eastern Central Pacific: French Polynesia. Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse 2011 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 <i>Neomerinthe</i>. Cybium 35(1):55-73. (Ref. 86966) FB-Size-66750 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-22 00:00:00 2017-08-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66750 7.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 86966)) Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse 2011 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 <i>Neomerinthe</i>. Cybium 35(1):55-73. (Ref. 86966) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66750 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-01-22 00:00:00 2017-08-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66750 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range ? - 108 m (Ref. 86966) Motomura, H., P. Béarez and R. Causse 2011 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 <i>Neomerinthe</i>. Cybium 35(1):55-73. (Ref. 86966)