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Sebastapistes strongia

Barchin Scorpionfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Barchin Scorpionfish

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Societies; n. to Taiwan; s. to Rarotonga

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - RR; N.Group - not recorded; Marine, near-shore, outer slope; nocturnal

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Poisonous spines - serious

KEY FEATURES: To 10cmSL.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Pests & Hosts

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Relationship	Hosts
Venomous - spines	Homo sapiens,

Scientific Taxonomy

Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)
SYNONYMS: Scorpaena nachalis; Sebastapistes nachalis

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Scorpaeniformes; Scorpaenoidei; SCORPAENIDAE, Scorpaeninae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen, 10cmTL., c.1870, holotype of Sebastapistes nuchalis (Günther 1874), which in 2000 became a synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829)[see Eschmeyer online Cat. of Fishes].

References:
Special Reference: Eschmeyer (ed.) 1998 Catalogue of Fishes. 3 vols. Special Publication California Academy of Science, San Francisco. (the Seyshelles specimen is in Smith and Smith 1962 The Fishes of the Seychelles. Rhodes University, Grahmtown.)

text p.94 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 21e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.84 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.147 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 18-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate -- Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. -- Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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