Trachyscorpia (Mesoscorpia) eschmeyeri
Creators: name: Hiroyuki Motomura
name: Peter R. Last
name: Gordon K. Yearsley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Scorpaeniformes
Sebastidae
Trachyscorpia
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri

description: The following specimens of T. (M.) eschmeyeri were also examined in this study for comparative purposes -
Tasman Sea: CSIRO H 1261-2, 229.6 mm SL, southeast of St Helens, Tasmania, 41°22-24’S, 148°42’E, 890-895 m, FRV Soela, 5 Apr. 1988; CSIRO H 1533-2, 277.0 mm SL, east of Brush Island, New South Wales, 35°29-30’S, 150°50- 51’E, 920-940 m, C. Bulman, FRV Soela, 17 May 1988; CSIRO H 2702-03, 252.6 mm SL, northeast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, 39°15-16’S, 148°47-49’E, 910-1000 m, A. Graham, FRV Southern Surveyor, 29 June 1991; CSIRO H 2931-02, 321.8 mm SL, Challenger Plateau, 37°38-42’S, 169°37-48’E, 970-960 m, H. Romero and M. Strauss, FV Kavrai, 15 Apr 1992; CSIRO H 2931-03, 280.3 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 2931-02; CSIRO H 2931-04, 204.2 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 2931-02; CSIRO H 2931-05, 265.0 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 2931-02; CSIRO H 2931-06, 278.5 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 2931-02; CSIRO H 3138-10, 244.2 mm SL, Lord Howe Rise, 35°22-26’S, 164°30-43’E, 956-929 m, H. Romero, FV Ivan Golubets, 17 June 1992; CSIRO H 6042-02, 127.4 mm SL, Lord Howe Rise, 32°38-41’S, 162°33’E, 855-874 m, P. Last et al., RV Tangaroa, 25 May 2003; CSIRO H 6043-17, 298.1 mm SL, Lord Howe Rise, 32°39-42’S, 162°33-34’E, 850-872 m, P. Last et al., RV Tangaroa, 25 May 2003; CSIRO H 6043-18, 326.6 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 6043-17; CSIRO H 886-1, 292.4 mm SL, east of St Patricks Head, Tasmania, 41°22-24’S, 148°43-48’E, 890-1052 m, CSIRO staff, FRV Soela, 7 June 1987; CSIRO T 1579-1, 196.5 mm SL, east of St. Patricks Head, Tasmania, 41°35-38’S, 148°40-42’E, 900-950 m, RV Challenger, 22 Apr. 1982; CSIRO T 648, 299.8 mm SL, east of Long Point, Tasmania, 41°46’S, 148°37’E, 830-850 m, R. Green, RV Bluefin, 18 May 1982. Great Australian Bight: CSIRO T 528, 284.4 mm SL, South Australia, 34°29- 34’S, 132°15’E, 900-952 m, K. Evans, FV Petuna Endeavour, 8 May 1983; CSIRO T 647, 323.7 mm SL, southwest of King Island, Tasmania, 40°44-47’S, 143°30-32’E, 920-927 m, M. Wilson, RV Challenger, 16 Dec. 1981; CSIRO T 650, 254.8 mm SL, southwest of King Island, Tasmania, 40°25-29’S, 143°19-21’E, 945-952, M. Wilson, RV Challenger, 10 Jan. 1982; CSIRO T 1868-1, 335.6 mm SL, west coast of Tasmania, 900 m, 5 June 1982; CSIRO H 4107-01, 289.6 mm SL, west of South West Cape, Tasmania, 43°34’S, 145°45’E, 920 m, FV Petuna Explorer, 6 Nov. 1995. Southeastern Indian Ocean: CSIRO H 2616-01, 299.7 mm SL, west of Mandurah, Western Australia, 32°38-40’S, 114°26-28’E, 880-960 m, P. Last, FRV Southern Surveyor, 14 Feb. 1991; CSIRO H 3007-05, 251.2 mm SL, southwest of Albany, Western Australia, 35°26,S, 117°25’E, 843 m, A. Williams, FV Akebono-maru, 22 Dec. 1989; CSIRO H 3007-18, 262.9 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 3007-05; CSIRO H 3102-02, 285.8 mm SL, southwest of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, 35°03’S, 114°55’E, 785-800 m, A. Grice and F. Ewing, FV Star of Crimea, 22 May 1992; CSIRO H 3108-01, 223.9 mm SL, southwest of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, 35°02’S, 114°46’E, 1000-1250 m, A. Grice and F. Ewing, FV Star of Crimea, 12 June 1992; CSIRO H 3174-15, 216.7 mm SL, West Australian Ridge (Broken Ridge), 31°36’S, 95°02’E, 1050 m, F. Ewing and G. Hutley, FV Star of Crimea, 30 June 1992; CSIRO H 3174-16, 224.3 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 3174-15; CSIRO H 3174-17, 208.1 mm SL, same data as CSIRO H 3174-15. Southwestern Indian Ocean: CSIRO H 5799-01, 232.5 mm SL, South-West Indian Ridge, 39°01’S, 46°01’E, 600-820 m, R. Ashworth and T. Cantwell, FV Southern Champion, 5 June 2000.
description: Published as part of Hiroyuki Motomura, Peter R. Last & Gordon K. Yearsley, 2007, Two new species of the scorpionfish genus Trachyscorpia (Sebastidae: Sebastolobinae) from the southern Indo-West Pacific, with comments on the distribution of T. eschmeyeri., pp. 19-34 in Zootaxa 1466 on page 20