Second Specimen of the Costa Rican scorpionfish, Scorpaena cocosensis (Scorpaenidae): the First Record from the Galápagos Islands, with Fresh Color Notes on the Species

A single specimen (90.9 mm standard length) of a scorpionfish, Scorpaena cocosensis Motomura, previously known only from the holotype from the Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, was collected by the manned submersible Johnson Sea-Link off Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The Galápagos specimen rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: MOTOMURA Hiroyuki, McCOSKER John E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 日本生物地理学会 2009
Subjects:
Scorpaenidae
Scorpaena cocosensis
distribution
Galápagos Islands
fresh coloration
487
Darwin Island
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10232/22401
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Summary:A single specimen (90.9 mm standard length) of a scorpionfish, Scorpaena cocosensis Motomura, previously known only from the holotype from the Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, was collected by the manned submersible Johnson Sea-Link off Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The Galápagos specimen represents the second specimen of the species and an approximate 800 km southwestward range extension from the previously known locality. A color photograph of S. cocosensis when fresh is provided here for the first time.

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