Bigscale Duckbill, Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki 1952

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Bembrops curvatura in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/510

Bigscale Duckbill, Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki 1952

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Distribution	West of Shark Bay, Western Australia, to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and the northern Coral Sea off Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
Features	Lateral line sloping abruptly, descent occurring primarily in anterior half.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin curvatura (= a bend), in reference to the sharply curved lateral line of this species.
Species Citation	Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki 1952, Report of the Faculty of Fisheries of the Prefectural University of Mie 1(2): 68, fig. 1. Type locality: off Owashi, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Bigscale Duckbill, Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki 1952

References

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Okada, Y. & Suzuki, K. 1952. On two new bembroid fishes from the deep sea off Mie Prefecture with special reference in relation to hitherto known species. Report of the Faculty of Fisheries of the Prefectural University of Mie 1(2): 67-74 figs 1-3

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