Threespot Waspfish, Neocentropogon trimaculatus Chan 1966
Other Names: Threespotted Waspfish
A Neocentropogon trimaculatus. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
Summary:
A waspfish with brownish stripes on the head radiating from the eye, a large dark blotch behind the upper part of the gill cover, two large dark blotches on the dorsal fin, a whitish pectoral fin with dark blotches, and vertical bands on the caudal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Neocentropogon trimaculatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4057
Threespot Waspfish, Neocentropogon trimaculatus Chan 1966
More Info
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Distribution |
Timor Sea, NW of The Kimberley, Western Australia, to off the Clarence River, New South Wales. The species is considered to have an anti-equatorial distribution: southern Japan (including East China Sea) to Taiwan, Hong Kong, northern and eastern Australia, New Caledonia, and the Tonga Trench, from depths of 27–500 m. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XIII-XV, 6-8 (usually XIV, 8); Anal fin III, 6-8 (usually III, 7); Lateral-line pores 21–26; Scale rows in longitudinal series 92–143; Scale rows above lateral line 1–19. Symphyseal knob unremarkable; postocular spine present; four lowermost pectoral-fin rays elongated; orbit diameter 10.5–14.7% (mean 12.7%) of SL. |
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Fisheries |
Taken as bycatch in trawls. |
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Etymology |
The specific name trimaculatus is from the Latin tri- (= three) and maculatus (= spotted, marked with spots), in reference to the three prominent dark blotches on this species: one on the body behind the gill cover, and two on the dorsal fin. |
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Species Citation |
Neocentropogon trimaculatus Chan 1966, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 8(95/96): 635, fig. 1. Type locality: South China Sea, about 85 miles southeast of Hong Kong, 21°01.6'N, 115°30.0'E, depth 66 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Resources |
Threespot Waspfish, Neocentropogon trimaculatus Chan 1966
References
Chan, W.L. 1966. Neocentropogon trimaculatus, a new scorpaenid fish from the South China Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 8(95/96): 635-639
Chungthanawong, S. & Motomura, H. 2021. Review of the waspfish genus Neocentropogon (Tetrarogidae), with a key to genera in the family. Ichthyological Research 68(3): 404-425 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00796-w
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Poss, S.G. 1999. Families Scorpaenidae, Caracanthidae, Aploactinidae. pp. 2291-2358 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Neocentropogon sp.)
