A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relationships of western Atlantic members of the genus

Carole C. Baldwin; Diane E. Pitassy; D. Ross Robertson

doi:10.3897/zookeys.606.8590

Scorpaenodes barrybrowni sp. n., holotype, USNM 406390, Smithsonian DNA number CUR 11390, 37.1 mm SL – before preservation (A photo by C. Baldwin and R. Robertson) and after preservation (B photo by D. Pitassy).

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Comparison of living specimens of A Scorpaenodes barrybrowni sp. n., paratype, USNM 426717, 38.1 mm, with its two western Atlantic congeners: B Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus and C Scorpaenodes caribbaeus. Photos: S. barrybrowni Barry Brown, S. tredecimspinosus Ellen Muller, S. caribbaeus Brian Mayes.

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The strict consensus of a maximum parsimony analysis of the COI region of 26 individuals of Scorpaenodes. The tree was rooted on Scorpaena plumieri. Numbers above branches represent bootstrap support values > 50.