This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cabebe-Barnuevo, Roxanne, Wibowo, Kunto, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2024): Redescription of Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961) (Actinopterygii, Scorpaenidae), with new distribution records for the species. ZooKeys 1219: 271-285, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1219.134970

Abstract

Although the status of Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961) is now well established, the morphology of the species has been re-examined, with new diagnostic features identified. Typically 15 or 16 pectoral-fin rays are present, together with two suborbital ridges, each with a single spine and the origin of the first ridge posterior to the second, well-developed interorbital ridges forming a loop, an undeveloped occipital pit, no scales on the dorsal- and anal-fin soft ray bases. The known range of the species includes Taiwan, the Philippines, Micronesia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji in addition to previously reported Australia, New Caledonia, and Japan.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/45b48b86-15e9-4038-baf9-9c204f20b658
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/8B10BE1D57305888B44562094EF0A249
Citation: Cabebe-Barnuevo R, Wibowo K, Motomura H, pensoft (2024). Redescription of Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961) (Actinopterygii, Scorpaenidae), with new distribution records for the species. ZooKeys. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8npzua accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.