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Confirmed record of the Ambon scorpionfish Pteroidichthys amboinensis (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Red Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Ronald Fricke ,
Daniel Golani  and
Brenda Appelbaum-Golani
Ronald Fricke*
Affiliation:
Im Ramstal 76, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen, Germany Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Daniel Golani
Affiliation:
National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Brenda Appelbaum-Golani
Affiliation:
Mt. Scopus Library, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91905 Jerusalem, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Fricke, Im Ramstal 76, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen, Germany email: ronfricke@web.de
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Abstract

The Red Sea record of the Ambon scorpionfish Pteroidichthys amboinensis is confirmed based on two specimens collected at Eilat, Israel in 1966 and in 1997. The species is widespread but very rare, known from scattered localities in the Indo-West Pacific, otherwise occurring from India and Indonesia east to Marquesas Islands.

Keywords

Ambon scorpionfishScorpaenidaeRed Seaconfirmed recorddistribution
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e113
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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