Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Amaoka, Kunio & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2019, The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan, Zootaxa 4702 (1), pp. 155-215 : 184

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18

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scientific name

Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) View in CoL

Largescaled flounder; ƛâẽüľ

Tables 7–8

Rhombus grandisquama Temminck & Schlegel, 1846:183 , figs. 3–4 (Type locality: southern Japan).

Synonymy as shown in Amaoka & Ho (2018).

Specimens examined. As listed in Amaoka & Ho (2018). Also other specimens in NMMB-P collection.

Diagnostic features. D 81–87; A 61–65; P 10–12; C 3+11+3=17; LLs 40–45; GR 0+5–7=5–7; vert. 10+24=34. Body deeply ovoid; caudal fin with a pair of black blotches, arranged between the third and fourth fin rays from upper- and lowermost rays in the fin; pectoral fin on ocular side not elongate, and without sexual differences in its length; gill rakers very short, not serrate.

Size. Reaching 83 mm SL in Taiwan; up to 122 mm SL in southern Japan ( Amaoka, 1969).

Distribution. Northeastern, western and southwestern Taiwan; widespread in Indian and Pacific oceans ( Amaoka & Ho, 2018).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Pleuronectiformes

Family

Bothidae

Genus

Engyprosopon

Loc

Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Amaoka, Kunio & Ho, Hsuan-Ching 2019
2019
Loc

Rhombus grandisquama

Temminck & Schlegel 1846: 183
1846
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