Harrowed Sole, Zebrias cancellatus (McCulloch 1916)

A Harrowed Sole, Zebrias cancellatus, at Fremantle, Western Australia, October 2018. Source: jmartincrossley / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A sandy-colored sole with 11-19 evenly spaced dark brown bands (sometimes divided) across the body extending onto the dorsal and anal fins, several large darker spots irregularly placed on the bands, and a mostly dark caudal fin. The blind side is whitish with dark dorsal, anal and caudal fin rays.

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Harrowed Sole, Zebrias cancellatus (McCulloch 1916)

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Distribution	Endemic to Western Australia, from Albany to the Northwest Shelf.
Features	Dorsal fin 76-81; Anal fin 68-71; Caudal fin 18; Pectoral fin 8-9; Pelvic fin 4; Lateral-line scales 127-144. Body moderately deep (34-36% SL), extremely compressed, of moderate length. Head small (13-16% SL); eyes on right side of head, small (18-27% HL), separated by narrow scaly space; snout elongated downward in front of mouth; mouth small (upper jaw 20-27% HL), strongly curved; teeth tiny, in broad band only on blind side of each jaw; forward portion of snout and chin on both sides covered with tiny papillae, reaching posteriorly only slightly past mouth on blind side, opercular margin edged with cirri only on blind side. Scales extremely small, ctenoid on both sides, rather firmly attached, covering all of head not covered by papillae; lateral line on both sides of body, nearly straight along centres of sides, curving upwards and forwards from back to front of head. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins broadly interconnected by membranes; dorsal fin arising above anterior rim of upper eye, without elongate anterior rays; caudal fin rounded. Pectoral fins very small, connected to opercular membranes, both of similar size and form. Pelvic fins with short bases, originating near anterior extent of chest, not attached to anal fin.
Size	To 24 cm SL
Colour	Eyed side sandy-coloured with 11-19 evenly spaced dark brown bands extending onto the dorsal and anal fins; several large darker spots irregularly placed on bands; caudal fin mostly dark; blind side whitish with dark dorsal, anal and caudal fin rays.
Fisheries	Occasionally taken as by-catch in commercial trawls.
Remarks	This species is one of the largest banded soles.
Species Citation	Synaptura cancellata McCulloch 1916, Mem. Qld Mus. 5: 60, pl.8 (fig.1). Type locality: near Fremantle, WA.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Harrowed Sole, Zebrias cancellatus (McCulloch 1916)

References

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McCulloch, A.R. 1916. Ichthyological items. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 58-69 figs 1-4 pls 7-9

Munroe, T.A. 2001. Soleidae, Cynoglossidae. pp. 3878-3901 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. (as Strabozebrias cancellatus)

Norman, J.R. 1926. A report on the flatfishes (Heterosomata) collected by the F.I.S. Endeavour, with a synopsis of the flatfishes of Australia and a revision of the subfamily Rhombosoleinae. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 5(5): 219-308 figs 1-15 (as Brachirus cancellatus)

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. (as Strabozebrias cancellatus)

Seigel, J.A. & Adamson, T.A. 1985. First record of the genus Zebrias (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the Philippine Islands, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(1): 13-16 fig. 1

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 (as Strabozebrias cancellatus)