Rough Velvetfish, Xenaploactis cautes Poss & Eschmeyer 1980
Illustration of the holotype of the Rough Velvetfish, Xenaploactis cautes, CAS 16105 (28.0 mm SL), 28.6 km from Goh Chuang, Gulf of Thailand, depth 33 m. Source: Poss & Eschmeyer (1980) Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 42(8): fig 5 / Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC BY Attribution
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Xenaploactis cautes in Fishes of Australia, accessed 12 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1736
Rough Velvetfish, Xenaploactis cautes Poss & Eschmeyer 1980
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Distribution |
Off Dampier to NE of Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, and the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand, east-Indian Ocean. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin III, XI, 7–8; Anal fin I, 8; Pectoral fin
14–1; Pelvic fin I, 3; Lateral-line tubes 10; Gill-rakers 2–3+7; Vertebrae 27-28. Body depth 25.6–30.7% SL; interorbital ridges almost parallel, stronger posteriorly. Lachrymal with 3 strong sharp spines, the first of moderate size, points mostly forward, continuous with ridge at base of larger 2nd spine (about equal in length to 3rd), directed downward, slightly curved; 3rd spine points mostly back. Second infraorbital bone with 2 spines, 1 above other, with obscure circular lateral line pore. |
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Etymology |
Xenaploactis is from the Greek, xenos meaning 'strange', aplos meaning 'double' and aktis, -inos meaning 'ray'. The specific name is from the Latin cautes meaning a rough, pointed rock. |
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Species Citation |
Xenaploactis cautes Poss & Eschmeyer, 1980, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 42(8): 291, figs 4, 5. Type locality: 28.6km from Goh Chuang, Gulf of Thailand, ( 12°19'15"N, 100°43'40"E) 33m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Resources |
Rough Velvetfish, Xenaploactis cautes Poss & Eschmeyer 1980
References
Johnson, J.W. 2004. Two new species and two new records of aploactinid fishes (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 179-188. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1421 PDF available Open access
Poss, S.G. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 1980. Xenaploactis, a new genus for Prosopodasys asperrimus Günther (Pisces: Aploactinidae), with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(8): 287-293. Ref at BHL
