Yellow-dappled Flounder
Brachypleura novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862
First described in: Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> v. 4: i-xxi + 1-534.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Description: D: 0, 65 - 77, A: 0, 41 - 50. Body oval and flat; dorsal fin extending onto head; dorsal fin without spine. Lower jaw prominent; vomarine teeth present. Ground color yellowish or yellowish brown; dorsal, anal and caudal fins paler than body with dark spots. Blind side whitish. Some anterior dorsal fin rays elongated in males, not in females, all rays except a few at posterior end of fin unbranched. Pectoral fin on eyed side with 11 - 13 rays, on blind side with 10 - 13 rays. Caudal fin with 13 - 14 branched rays and rounded margin
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
distribution
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India eastward to the Malay Archipelago and the South China Sea, southward to the Philippines and northwest Australia; eastward to New Guinea.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
materials_examined
Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3741.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5213915.