Fricke, R.; Zhukov, M. Y. (2020). Scorpaena nasicornua sp. nov. (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aden, northwestern Indian Ocean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 61(1), 115-124.

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Fricke, R.; Zhukov, M. Y.

2020

61(1), 115-124

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The scorpionfish Scorpaena nasicornua n. sp. is described from the Gulf of Aden. The new species is characterised by dorsal-fin spines 12 and soft rays 9, anal-fin spines III and soft rays 5; pectoral-fin rays 17; occiput with a deep pit or depression; scales on body and pectoral-fin base ctenoid; base of pectoral fin and chest scaled; scales on flank cycloid 41 in lateral row behind supracleithral spine to base of caudal fin; predorsal scales 5; no mandibular pores at symphysis of lower jaw; interorbital distance 1.9 in orbit diameter. A key to the species of Scorpaena in the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean (including the Red Sea) is presented.

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