Percophidae
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 Goby flathead, Bembrops gobioides
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Duckbills are a family, Percophidae, of perciform fishes.
They are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific.
They are small fishes: the largest species, the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis, grows up to about 50 cm, but 10 to 20 cm is more typical.
A few species are fished commercially, including the Brazilian flathead.
[edit] Species
- Genus Acanthaphritis
- Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963).
- Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880.
- Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971).
- Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996.
- Genus Bembrops
- Duckbill flathead, Bembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955.
- Bembrops cadenati Das & Nelson, 1996.
- Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876.
- Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952.
- Sharpnosed duckbill, Bembrops filifera Gilbert, 1905.
- Goby flathead, Bembrops gobioides (Goode, 1880).
- Roundtail duckbill, Bembrops greyi Poll, 1959.
- Squaretail duckbill, Bembrops heterurus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903).
- Bembrops macromma Ginsburg, 1955.
- Bembrops magnisquamis Ginsburg, 1955.
- New Zealand flathead, Bembrops morelandi Nelson, 1978.
- Bembrops nelsoni Thompson & Suttkus, 2002.
- Bembrops nematopterus Norman, 1939.
- Ocellate duckbill, Bembrops ocellatus Thompson & Suttkus, 1998.
- Natal duckbill, Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894).
- Bembrops quadrisella Thompson & Suttkus, 1998.
- Bahama duckbill, Bembrops raneyi Thompson & Suttkus, 1998.
- Genus Chrionema
- Chrionema chlorotaenia McKay, 1971.
- Chrionema chryseres Gilbert, 1905.
- Chrionema furunoi Okamura & Yamachi, 1982.
- Chrionema pallidum Parin, 1990.
- Chrionema squamentum (Ginsburg, 1955).
- Chrionema squamiceps Gilbert, 1905.
- Genus Dactylopsaron
- Dactylopsaron dimorphicum Parin & Belyanina, 1990.
- Genus Enigmapercis
- Enigmapercis acutirostris Parin, 1990.
- Broad sandfish, Enigmapercis reducta Whitley, 1936.
- Genus Hemerocoetes
- Hemerocoetes artus Nelson, 1979.
- Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914.
- Opalfish, Hemerocoetes monopterygius (Schneider, 1801).
- Hemerocoetes morelandi (Nelson, 1978).
- Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Regan, 1914.
- Genus Matsubaraea
- Matsubaraea fusiforme (Fowler, 1943).
- Genus Osopsaron
- Osopsaron formosensis Kao & Shen, 1985.
- Osopsaron karlik Parin, 1985.
- Osopsaron natalensis Nelson, 1982.
- Osopsaron verecundum (Jordan & Snyder, 1902).
- Genus Percophis
- Genus Pteropsaron
- Pteropsaron evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902.
- Pteropsaron heemstrai Nelson, 1982.
- Pteropsaron incisum Gilbert, 1905.
- Genus Squamicreedia
- Obtuse sandfish, Squamicreedia obtusa Rendahl, 1921.
[edit] References
- "Percophidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
