Giant Squirrelfish, Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829)
Giant Squirrelfish, Ostichthys japonicus. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Giant Squirrelfish, Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829)
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Distribution |
Off Shark Bay to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and off Innisfail, Queensland, to off Mallacoota, Victoria. Elsewhere the species occurs in the East-Indo-west Pacific: Myanmar and Andaman Sea east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Inhabits deep reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII, 12=14; Anal fin IV, 10-12; Pectoral fin 15-17; Gill rakers 7–10 + 12–14; Lateral line scales 27-30 (pored scales); Scales above lateral line to midbase of spinous portion of dorsal fin 3½; Prepelvic scales 9. Body depth 2.05–2.2 in SL; head length 2.35–2.5 in SL; dorsal profile of head nearly uniformly convex; snout short, 4.65–5.6 in HL; least depth of caudal peduncle 4.0–4.5 in HL. No spine at anterior end of nasal bone in adults or subadults; no large spine at corner of preoperculum in adults (subadults may have a small spine at angle); height of second suborbital bone below center of eye ½ eye diameter; last dorsal-fin spine distinctly longer than penultimate spine; space between last dorsal-fin spine and first dorsal-fin ray notably less than space between last two dorsal-fin spines. |
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Species Citation |
Myripristis japonicus Cuvier in Cuvier, & Valenciennes 1829, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons 3: 173. Type locality: Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Resources |
Atlas of Living Australia Catalog of Fishes
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Giant Squirrelfish, Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829)
References
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Randall, J.E. & Greenfield, D.W. 1999. Family Holocentridae. pp. 2225-2256 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.
Randall, J.E., Shimizu, T. & Yamakawa, T. 1982. A revision of the holocentrid fish genus Ostichthys, with descriptions of four new species and a related new genus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(1): 1-26 figs 1-15 pls 1-2
Williams, I. & Greenfield, D. 2016. Ostichthys japonicus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67899690A115440412. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67899690A67906247.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2019.
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.
Whitley, G.P. 1950. Some rare Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1948–49: 32-34 figs 1-5 (described as Holotrachys major) See ref at BHL
