Spotted Duckbill, Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock 1894)

Summary:

A duckbill with indistinct dusky bars along the body, black scale margins, a black dorsal fin except for a white basal third, and a broad dusky margin on the caudal fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Bembrops platyrhynchus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 10 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2934

Spotted Duckbill, Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock 1894)

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Distribution	Northwest Shelf, to south of Cartier Reef in the Timor Sea, Western Australia, and east of Dunk Island, Queensland, to off Kiama, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
Features	Pectoral fin 22-25; Lateral line scales 47-57; Scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin 2-4; Scales between lateral line and anal-fin origin 4-6. Head depressed anteriorly; lower jaw projecting beyond upper; lateral line descending gradually; lower jaw projecting beyond upper; maxilla with well-developed tentacle at posterior tip.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Spotted Duckbill, Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock 1894)

References

Alcock, A.W. 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2(9). An account of the deep sea collection made during the season of 1892–93. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2,4): 177-184 pl. 9

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Das, M.K. & Nelson, J.S. 1996. Revision of the percophid genus Bembrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Bulletin of Marine Science 59(1): 9-44

Heemstra, P.C. & Nelson, J.S. 1986. Family No. 233: Percophidae. pp. 737-739 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

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McKay, R.J. 1971. Two new genera and five new species of percophidid fishes (Pisces : Percophididae) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54(2): 40-46 figs 1-5

Nelson, J.S. 2001. Trichonotidae, Creediidae, Percophidae. pp. 3511-3516 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

Psomadakis, P., Thein, H., Russell, B.C. & Tun, M.T. 2020. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of Myanmar. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Rome, FAO and MOALI: i-xvii + 1-694, pls. 1-58.

Thompson, B.A. & Suttkus, R.D. 2002. A revision of Indo-Pacific Bembrops, family Percophidae (suborder Trachinoidei). Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 283-295