Sebastapistes_ballieui

<i>Sebastapistes ballieui</i>

Sebastapistes ballieui

Species of fish

Sebastapistes ballieui, the spotfin scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean including Hawaii.[2]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Pierre Étienne Théodore Ballieu (1828–1885), the French consul to the Sandwich Islands (Hawai‘i). it was he who provided the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) with many Hawaiian specimens, including the type specimen of this one.[3]

Description

This species reaches a length of 11.7 cm (4.6 in). [4]

References

  1. [1]
    Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. (2016). "Sebastapistes ballieui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T69919266A70010015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69919266A70010015.en. Retrieved 15 February 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. [2]
    Randall, J.E., 1985. Guide to Hawaiian reef fishes. Harrowood Books, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA. 74 p.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 9): Suborder SCORPAENOIDEI: Family SCORPAENIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. [4]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Sebastapistes ballieui" in FishBase. February 2015 version.



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