Lenguado Escamoso

materials_examined

Material examined. SMF 35087 (2: 6.5 – 7.4 cm); SMF 35088 (1: 6.8 cm); SMF 35089 (12: 6.0 – 7.6 cm); KAUMM 133 (4: 6.9 – 7.4 cm); KAUMM 134 (2: 6.2 – 6.2 cm); KAUMM 135 (13: 6.6 – 7.4 cm).

Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea

description

English name: largescale flounder Chinese name: 偉鱗短額鮃 Figs 2, 3 E, F; Table 1

First records of two reversed flatfishes, Engyprosopon maldivense and Engyprosopon grandisquama (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Bothidae), from Taiwan, northwestern Pacific Ocean

description

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).

The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan

distribution

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

The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan