Engyprosopon brevifrontale

description

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.

The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan

distribution

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

The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan

description

Description. Dorsal-fin rays 83 (85 in paratype), anal-fin rays 64 (67), ocular-side pectoral-fin rays 12 (12), blind-side pectoral-fin rays 9 (9), ocular-side pelvic-fin rays 6 (6), blind-side pelvic-fin rays 6 (6), scales in lateral line 43 (43), gill rakers 0 + 10 (0 + 9), vertebrae 10 + 25 (10 + 25). In SL: HL 3.77 (3.65), body depth 1.73 (1.67). In HL: snout 4.77 (5.34), upper eye diameter 2.88 (2.73), lower eye diameter 2.82 (3.09), interorbital width 3.18 (2.87) in males, ocular-side upper jaw 2.56 (2.67), blind-side upper jaw 2.58 (2.28), ocular-side lower jaw 2.14 (2.10), blind-side lower jaw 1.92 (2.10), caudal peduncle depth 2.25 (2.24), ocular-side pectoral fin 0.64 (0.48), blind-side pectoral fin 1.77 (1.62), ocular-side pelvic fin damaged, blind-side pelvic fin damaged, base of ocular-side pelvic fin 2.46 (2.45), base of blind-side pelvic fin 8.27 (8.39), longest dorsal fin ray damaged, longest anal fin ray damaged, middle caudal fin ray damaged. Body deeply ovate, deepest in anterior 1 / 3 of body, its depth much deeper than 1 / 2 of SL; dorsal and ventral contours similar, except for head region anterior to eyes. Caudal peduncle about equal to 1 / 5 of body depth. H

Review of the genus Engyprosopon Günther, 1862 (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from waters off Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species

diagnosis

Diagnosis. A species of Engyprosopon with 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 the ocular side, strong upper orbital spines, small rostral spine on the blind side, and with a dark blue peritoneum.

Review of the genus Engyprosopon Günther, 1862 (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from waters off Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species