Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel 1846

Other Names: Beaked Sandfish, Bighead Beaked Sandfish

Summary:

A uniformly brown beaked salmon with dark margins on the fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2025, Gonorynchus abbreviatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Jun 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5762

Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel 1846

More Info

Distribution	Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and off Dunk Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the west Pacific: Vietnam east to the Philippines, and north to Japan. Inhabits sandy and muddy areas at depths to 300 m.
Features	Pelvic fin 8; Lateral-line scales 160-175; Vertebrae 54-55. Centre of lower lip smooth.
Similar Species	The somewhat similar Gonorynchus greyi differs in having nine pelvic fin rays, and a distinctive forked lower lip.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin abbreviatus (= shortened), possibly in reference to the shorter head compared with that of Gonorynchus gonorynchus.
Species Citation	Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel 1846, in Siebold, Fauna Japonica 4(13): 217, Pl. 103 (figs. 5, 5a-b), Type locality: Japan.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel 1846

References

Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and Von Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) 28: i-vii + 1-242, Pls. 1-5.

Grande, T., 1999. Revision of the genus Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Copeia 1999(2): 453-469.https://doi.org/10.2307/1447492

Motomura, H., U. B. Alama, N. Muto, R. P. Babaran and S. Ishikawa (eds.) 2017 (Jan.) [ref. 35490] Commercial and bycatch market fishes of Panay Island, Republic of the Philippines. The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo, and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. 1-246.

Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1846, pp. 173-269, in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(10-14). See ref at BHL