Lioscorpius trifasciatus, Tripleband scorpionfish

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Lioscorpius trifasciatus Last, Yearsley & Motomura, 2005

Tripleband scorpionfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Setarchidae (Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes)
Etymology: Lioscorpius: Greek, leios = flat + Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335);  trifasciatus: Name from Latin 'tri' meaning triple and 'fascia' for band, referring to the 3, reddish diagonal bands on the pectoral fin..
More on authors: Last, Yearsley & Motomura.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 250 - 400 m (Ref. 58026). Deep-water; 9°S - 39°S, 144°E - 151°E (Ref. 58026)

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Western Pacific: Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58026)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Distinguished by the following characters: anal fin III, 5; 3 diagonal red bands on pectoral fin; red caudal-fin margin; relatively small head, 38.7-42.3% SL, orbit 7.4-8.2% SL; upper jaw, 19.1-20.7% SL; maxilla depth, 5.3-6.1% SL; short predorsal-fin distance 36.2-38.8%; long second pelvic-fin ray 18.6-19.8% SL, 0.9-1.0 of length of upper jaw; anal-fin spines, first 5.0-6.6% SL, second 10.4-12.% SL (Ref. 58026).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).

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Last, P.R., G.K. Yearsley and H. Motomura, 2005. Lioscorpius trifasciatus, a new scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Setarchidae) from the south-west Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1038:11-22. (Ref. 58026)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13 - 16.9, mean 13.3 °C (based on 5 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7578   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).