Table 3 in A New Species of Bleeker, 1876 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from Taiwan.

Table 3. Comparison of selected characters among the species of Parascorpaena Pectoral-fin raysSuborbital Suborbital spines ridgeA distinct black Supraocular Pre-dorsal-fin Coloration blotch on spinous tentacle scales when fresh dorsal-finBody sizeSourcesParascorpaena armata (Sauvage, 1873)152presentN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ASauvage 1873P. aurita (Rüppell, 1838)usually 172presentabsent or weak2–4absentbrownish or Motomura et al. relatively large grayish 2009; this studyP. bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)152N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ABleeker 1851P. grandisquamis (Ogilby, 1910)163presentwell-developedN/AN/AN/Arelatively largeThis studyP. maculipinnis Smith, 1957163N/Aweak1–2present in maleN/AsmallSmith 1957Fowler 1938;P. mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938)usually 162N/Aweak5present in maleredsmall Motomura et al.2013P. mossambica (Peters, 1855)usually 163presentwell-developedusually 3absentbrownish or relatively large grayishThis studyP. moultoni (Whitley, 1961)152absentabsent2N/Arosy redsmallWhitley 1961P. picta (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)usually 172presentN/AN/AabsentN/Arelatively largeMotomura et al. 2009P. poseidon sp. nov.usually 163absentabsent or weakusually 3absentbrownish or relatively large grayishThis study N/A, not available.