Engyprosopon multisquama Amaoka, 1963

Amaoka, Kunio & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2019, The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan, Zootaxa 4702 (1), pp. 155-215 : 186-187

Engyprosopon multisquama Amaoka, 1963

Manyscaled flounder; ŧâẽüľ

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Engyprosopon multisquama Amaoka, 1963b:111 (Type locality: Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, 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 89–98; A 68–75; P 10–12; C 3+11+3=17; LLs 45–50; GR 0+6–7=6–7; vert. 10+25– 26=35–36. Body narrowly ovate, greatest depth less than 53.5% SL; caudal fin with a pair of black blotches, arranged between the second and fourth fin rays from the uppermost and lowermost fin rays; pectoral fin on ocularside with greatly elongate filament, longer in males than females; gill rakers not serrate.

Size. Reaching 105 cm SL in Taiwan; up to 137 mm SL in southern Japan ( Amaoka, 1969).

Distribution. Northeastern, western and southwestern Taiwan; from southern Japan to possibly Mekong River (Amoaka, unpubl. data).