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Engyprosopon brevifrontale Amaoka & Ho 2018

Description

Engyprosopon brevifrontale Amaoka & Ho, 2018

Bigeyed flounder; ṽüẽüľ

Tables 7–8

Engyprosopon brevifrontale Amaoka & Ho, 2018:465, fig. 10–11 (Type locality: off Ke-tzu-liao, southwestern Taiwan).

Specimens examined. As listed in Amaoka & Ho (2018).

Diagnostic features. D 83–85; A 64–67; P 12; C broken; LLs 43; GR 0+9–10=9–10; vert. 10+25=35. A deep and short body, large eyes situated close to the margin of the head, 0+9–10 smooth gill rakers, strong rostral spine on ocular side, strong upper orbital spines, small rostral spine on blind side; pectoral-fin ray on ocular-side elongate in males (41–58% SL) and with a dark blue peritoneum.

Size. Reaching 94 mm SL.

Distribution. Known only from the type series collection from off Ke-tzu-liao, Kaohsiung, southwestern Taiwan.

Notes

Published as part of Amaoka, Kunio & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2019, The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan, pp. 155-215 in Zootaxa 4702 (1) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18, http://zenodo.org/record/3562779

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Bothidae
Genus
Engyprosopon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Amaoka & Ho
Species
brevifrontale
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Engyprosopon brevifrontale Amaoka, 2018 sec. Amaoka & Ho, 2019

References

  • Amaoka, K. & Ho, H. - C. (2018) Review of the genus Engyprosopon Gunther, 1862 (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from waters off Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 4413 (3), 449 - 481. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4413.3.2