Manyscaled Flounder, Parabothus polylepis (Alcock 1889)
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Manyscaled Flounder, Parabothus polylepis (Alcock 1889)
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Distribution |
Possibly on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the northern and Western Indian Ocean. |
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Species Citation |
Arnoglossus polylepis Alcock 1889, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 58(23): 290, Pl.16 (fig.1). Type locality: Off east coast of Sri Lanka, 6°06'30"N, 81°23'E, Investigator station 59, depth 32 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Manyscaled Flounder, Parabothus polylepis (Alcock 1889)
References
Alcock, A.W. 1889. Natural History notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator. — No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 58(23): 279-295 pls 16-18 See ref at BHL
Alcock, A.W. 1898. Illustrations of the zoology of the Royal Indian marine surveying steamer Investigator,...Fishes. Calcutta. Part 5: no p., Pls. 18-24.
Amaoka, K. & Ho, H.-C. 2019. The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan, in Ho, H.-C., K. Koeda, K. & Hilton, E,J. (eds) Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa 4702(1): 155-215, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18
Amaoka, K., Matsuura, K. & Carpenter, K.E. 2020. Parabothus polylepis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T143828232A143844667. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T143828232A143844667.en. Downloaded on 25 March 2021.
Amaoka, K. & Shen, S.C. 1993. A new bothid flatfish Parabothus taiwanensis collected from Taiwan (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 53(3): 1042-1047.
De Bruin, G.H.P., Russell, B.C. & Bogusch, A. 1995. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The marine fishery resources of Sri Lanka. Rome: FAO. 400 pp.
Norman, J.R. 1931. Notes on flatfishes (Heterosomata). III. Collections from China, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 8(48): 597-604
Voronina, E.P., Pruvost, P. & Causse, R. 2017. Parabothus rotundifrons (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), a new bothid flatfish from Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean). Cybium 40(4): 275-280, https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2016-404-002
