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View Mode View All Pictures Species Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler    Phenacoscorpius megalops was originally described as Phenacoscorpius megalops by Fowler in 1938. It belongs to the family Scorpaenidae and subfamily Scorpaeninae. It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Eastern Indian Ocean, Western and Central Pacific, east to Hawaiian Islands.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megalops AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] AuthorNI   Fowler Qualification   --- Year   1938 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Scorpaeniformes Family   Scorpaenidae Subfamily   Scorpaeninae Scorpaeninae Genus   Phenacoscorpius Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Family   Scorpaenidae Subfamily   Scorpaeninae Genus   Phenacoscorpius Original Name   Phenacoscorpius         Taxon Name   megalops Original Combination   Phenacoscorpius megalops Original Genus   Phenacoscorpius Original Genus Species   Phenacoscorpius megalops OriginalSubGenus   Phenacoscorpius Original Author   Fowler Original AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1938 Original Family   Scorpaenidae Original SubFamily   Scorpaeninae Original Level   species Type Locality   27 miles southeast of Bagatao Island Light, between Burias and Luzon, Philippines [Burias Pass, Sibuyan Sea, Western Pacific], 12°54'40"N, 123°20'30"E, Albatross station D.5387, depth 209 fathoms. Types   Paratypes: CAS-SU 40198-200 [ex USNM 136466-68] (2, 1, 1); USNM 136370-86 (0, 5, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 136466-68 (0, 0, 0); ZSI [ex USNM 136370] (1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:120 [ref. 12291]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   USNM 98903 Journal   Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. Citation   v. 85 (no. 3032) Page   70 Illustrations   Fig. 30 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Phenacoscorpius megalops Current Species   megalops Current Genus Phenacoscorpius Current AuthorWI Fowler [H. W.] Current AuthorNI   Fowler Current Year   1938 Current Family Scorpaenidae Current Subfamily Scorpaeninae Scorpaeninae Habitat bathydemersal         Water Salt water Depth Range From 0 to 382 meters.     Distribution Eastern Indian Ocean, Western and Central Pacific, east to Hawaiian Islands. Current Summary   Valid as Phenacoscorpius megalops  Fowler 1938. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.   Name History   • Valid as Phenacoscorpius megalops  Fowler 1938 -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:293 [ref. 6389], Paulin 1982:442 [ref. 23678], Paulin et al. 1989:168 [ref. 24556], Poss 1999:2328 [ref. 24796], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:277 [ref. 25636], Mundy 2005:326 [ref. 28379], Motomura 2008:776 [ref. 30292], Motomura & Last 2009:27 [ref. 30568], Motomura et al. 2011:64 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242]). Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   adenensis Phenacoscorpius adenensis Norman [J. R.] 1939 Valid eschmeyeri Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin [N. V.] & Mandrytsa [S. A.] in Mandrytsa 1992 Valid longilineatus Phenacoscorpius longilineatus Motomura [H.], Causse [R.] & Struthers [C. D.] 2012 Valid longirostris Phenacoscorpius longirostris Motomura [H.] & Last [P. R.] 2009 Valid nebris Phenacoscorpius nebris Eschmeyer [W. N.] 1965 Valid nebulosus Phenacoscorpius nebulosus Smith [J. L. B.] 1958 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…