Parascorpaena moultoni, the coral perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are native to the Western Central Pacific, and are particularly common in the Coral Sea and the East China Sea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Parascorpaena |
| Species: | P. moultoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Parascorpaena moultoni Whitley, 1961
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| AquaMaps (2019, October). Computer generated distribution maps for Parascorpaena moultoni, with modelled year 2050 native range map based on IPCC RCP8.5 emissions scenario. Retrieved from https://www.aquamaps.org. | |
Description
editThe coral perch has been described as resembling the ocellate scorpionfish Parascorpaena mcadamsi to the point of being regarded as a junior synonym thereof. The primary differentiating feature of the coral perch is its two sub-orbital spines (as opposed to the ocellate scorpionfish which has three).[2]
References
edit- ^ "Parascorpaena moultoni". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ "Review of Indo-Pacific specimens of the subfamily Scorpaeninae (Scorpaenidae), deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with description of a new species of Neomerinthe | Société Française d'Ichtyologie - Cybium". sfi-cybium.fr. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
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