The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan
Author
Amaoka, Kunio
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-04
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10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18
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Engyprosopon xystrias
Hubbs, 1915
Smooth wideeyed flounder;
įẽüľ
Tables 7–8
Engyprosopon xystrias
Hubbs, 1915:475
(
Type
locality: near Tanegashima Island,
Kagoshima Prefecture
).
As shown in synonym list in
Amaoka & Ho (2018)
.
Specimen examined.
As listed in
Amaoka & Ho (2018)
.
Diagnostic features.
D 92 (88–98, from other localities); A 65 (65–77); P 12 (12–13); C 3+11+3=17; LLs 40 (39–50); GR 0+13 (0–6+13–18); vert. 10+26=36 (10+25–27=35–37). Anterior margin of head anterior to both eyes with about 4–5 pale blotches margined by dark bands; scales on front margin of head more strongly ctenoid and non-deciduous compared to body scales.
Size.
Reaching
89 mm
in
Taiwan
; up to
102 mm
in southern
Japan
(
Hensley & Amaoka, 2001
).
Distribution.
Southwestern
Taiwan
; southern
Japan
, South
China
Sea, Coral Sea and Saya de Malha Bank (
Amaoka & Ho 2018
).