Images attached to GBIF records (museum & herbarium specimens), from . Open licences; click for the record.
Thinlip Splitfin
Kaperangus microlepis (Norman, 1935)
Also calledPerca-vagalume-africana (por) · kanicovka tenkoretá (ces)
The thinlip splitfin (Kaperangus microlepis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Synagropidae. It lives around Africa's Atlantic coast at a depth of 50–500 m (160–1,640 ft) and can grow up to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Description. Counts and measurements are given in Tables 2 – 7. Body slender, snout long, pointed, interorbital space almost flat. Posterior edge of maxillary almost straight with postero-dorsal and postero-ventral angles rather sharp. Anterior and posterior nasal openings round, of almost equal size; posterior opening situated midway between anterior opening and anterior rim of orbit. Preopercular lobe without longitudinal ridges; denticles of hind margin serration weak, not extending onto preopercular lobe; inner edge of preopercle with numerous, 6 – 13 denticles. Cranial crests very weak, U-shaped. D 1 with 9 visible spines, 9 th spine well-developed, a little shorter than 8 th; D 2 I + 10; anal fin II + 9. Two supraneurals; predorsal formula / 0 / 0 + 2 /. Anterior laminar bony extension of first dorsal-fin pterygiophore gradually decreasing toward the tip. Proximal-middle radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore nearly straight and slightly widened, anteriorly hollow with pointed tip, reaching parapophyses of last abdominal vertebra. All fin spines smooth. Last pair of pleural ribs weak. First haemal spine very slightly expanded. First and second haemal spines widely spaced at t
Reappraisal of Synagrops Günther, 1887 with rehabilitation and revision of Parascombrops Alcock, 1889 including description of seven new species and two new genera (Perciformes: Acropomatidae)
materials_examined
Material examined (46 specimens). CAS 222834, 5 specimens, 61.5 – 96.5 mm SL, off Angola, 11 ° 45 ’ S, 13 ° 29 ’ E, 160 m; CAS 222921, 2 specimens (otoliths only), off Angola, 17 ° 14 ’ S, 11 ° 29 ’ E, 144 – 150 m; CAS 223183, 5 specimens, 94.5 – 114 mm SL, off Angola, 11 ° 32 ’ S, 13 ° 21 ’ E, 361 – 364 m; IOM, uncatalogued, 22 specimens, 75.5 – 105.0 mm SL, off Mauritania; ZHB 23279, 1 specimen (otolith only), off NW Africa; ZIN 42265, 5 specimens, 71.0 – 84.0 mm SL, Walvis Bay, 23 ° 34 ’ S, 14 ° 00 ’ E; ZMMGU 14869 and 14870, 3 specimens, 110.0 – 115.0 mm SL, off Dakar; ZMUC P. 44151 - 53, 3 specimens (otoliths only), off Equatorial Guinea, 02 ° 09 ’ N, 09 ° 27 ’ E.
Reappraisal of Synagrops Günther, 1887 with rehabilitation and revision of Parascombrops Alcock, 1889 including description of seven new species and two new genera (Perciformes: Acropomatidae)
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The thinlip splitfin is dark brownish above and paler below. It has 10 dorsal spines, 9 dorsal soft rays, 2 anal spines, and 9 anal soft rays. It attains a maximum size of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) total length, reaching sexual maturity at a total length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in).
Range & habitat
The thinlip splitfin can be found in the Eastern Atlantic from Mauritania to Namibia, including the Cape Verde Islands.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Kaperangus microlepis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9414528.