Review of the scorpionfish genus Maxillicosta (Pisces: Scorpaenidae), with a description of three new species from the Australian-New Zealand region
Eschmeyer, W.N.; Poss, S.G. (1976). Review of the scorpionfish genus Maxillicosta (Pisces: Scorpaenidae), with a description of three new species from the Australian-New Zealand region. Bull. Mar. Sci. 26(4): 433-449
In: Bulletin of Marine Science. University of Miami Press: Coral Gables. ISSN 0007-4977; e-ISSN 1553-6955, more
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Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Maxillicosta lopholepis Eschmeyer & Poss, 1976 [WoRMS]; Maxillicosta raoulensis Eschmeyer & Poss, 1976 [WoRMS]; Maxillicosta whitleyi Eschmeyer & Poss, 1976 [WoRMS]
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- Eschmeyer, W.N.
- Poss, S.G.
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The scorpionfish genus Maxillicosta Whitley, 1935, is expanded to include the genus Cristula De Buen, 1961. Each genus formerly consisted of a single species: Maxillicosta reticulata (De Buen, 1961) from Juan Fernandez off the Chilean coast, M. scabriceps Whitley, 1935, from temperate waters of Australia. Besides these, two new Australian species, M. whitleyi and M. lopholepis, and a new species, M. raoulensis, from the Kermadec Islands in the southwestern Pacific, are described and illustrated. A key to thespecies is given. The closest relatives of the five species of Maxillicosta are fishes of the genus Neosebastes. Possible explanations of the distribution of Maxillicosta are discussed.A device for measuring interorbital depths is described. |
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