WoRMS taxon details
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Unverified
Description Indo-Pacifc from South Africa to Gulf of Aden, Japan, Hawaii and the Nasca Ridge off Peru. Body elongated and cylindrical, covered with ctenoid scales; head moderately depressed; large mouth with fine teeth on jaws, vomer and palatines. Pelvics with one spine and five soft rays, below pectoral base; two dorsal fins well separated; spinous dorsal fin with 9-11 spines, not preceded by an isolated spine. Vertebrae 26-27. Lateral line complete. No swimbladder. Mostly small red fishes occurring in deeper water (150-665 m) than other flatheads. [details]
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English |
sprat-like flatheads [from synonym]deepwater flatheads |
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Japanese |
アカゴチ科 |
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