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 mozambiquense
Hensley, 2003
Mozambique
flounder;
IḚḱåẽüľ
Tables 7–8
Engyprosopon mozambiquensis
Hensley, 2003:834
(
Type
locality:
Mozambique
).
Synonymy as shown in
Amaoka & Ho (2018)
.
Specimens examined.
As listed in
Amaoka & Ho (2018)
. Also other specimens in NMMB-P collection.
Diagnostic features.
D 79–84; A 57–64; P 10–12; C 3+11+3; LLs 46–52; GR 0+6–7=6–7; vert. 10+24–25=34– 35. Gill rakers with spines; mouth large, its length 14.4–16.4% SL; maxilla extending to vertical through anterior 1/3 to 1/2 of lower eye; interorbital width narrow in both sexes, width in males larger than that in females and juveniles; pectoral fin filamentous on ocular side, greatly elongate in males, with two dark cross bands; ventral margin of lower jaw on ocular side with 3 distinct black spots, the posteriormost especially distinct; caudal fin with irregularly scattered small dark spots and two large ones at upper and lower margins.
Size.
Reaching
67 mm
SL (
Amaoka & Ho, 2018
).
Distribution.
Southwestern
Taiwan
;
Philippines
, Indian Ocean (
India
,
Burma
,
Nicobar Islands
and Cocos Islands) (
Hensley, 2003
) and Coral Sea (Amaoka, unpubl. data).