Simipercis trispinosa Johnson & Randall 2006
Other Names: Threespine Grubfish
Threespine Grubfish, Simipercis trispinosa. Source: Ken Graham / NSW Fisheries. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A moderately compressed grubfish with three dorsal-fin spines.
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Simipercis trispinosa in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1306
Simipercis trispinosa Johnson & Randall 2006
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Distribution |
Endemic to eastern Australia from Swain Reefs, QLD (22°24'S) to off Sydney, NSW (33°40'S). |
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Features |
Vertebrae 30-31 (10 + 20-21). Head and body moderately compressed (body width 1.3- 1.55 in depth in adults); 3 dorsal-fin spines; a low naked fleshy nuchal crest; dorsal angle of opercular bone broad, not forming a distinct exposed, pointed spine; vomer and palatines edentate; subopercle and preopercle entire; scales including those on head and pelvic region large and ctenoid; interorbital with a single row of large scales, extending to, or just beyond anterior margin of eye; suborbital scales reaching a vertical between anterior margin of pupil and anterior margin of eye. |
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Etymology |
Simipercis is from the Latin 'similis', for similar or like, in reference to the pinguipedid genus Percis Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (the latter being preoccupied by the agonid genus Percis Scopoli, 1777). The specific name trispinosa if from the Latin 'tres' for three, and 'spina' for thorn or spine, in reference to the 3 dorsal-fin spines, a character state not found in any other species of Pinguipedidae. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Simipercis trispinosa Johnson & Randall 2006
References
Johnson, J.W. & J.E. Randall. 2006. Simipercis trispinosa, a new genus and species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from eastern Australia. Mem. Mus. Victoria 63(1): 57-64.
