Threebar Boarfish, Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel 1844
A Threebar Boarfish, Histiopterus typus, from Cochin, India. Source: K.V. Akhilesh / FishBase. License: CC BY Attribution
A deep-bodied boarfish found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
Identifying features:
Third and fourth dorsal-fin spines elongate;
Second anal-fin spine the longest;
Vomerine teeth absent;
Adults overall dark with narrow pale vertical bands;
Juveniles pale with dark blotches on body, dorsal, anal and pelvic fins - blotches become larger and coalesce with growth.
Threebar Boarfish, Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel 1844
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Distribution |
From off Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia, to the Arafura Sea, N of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, and off Swains Reef, Queensland, to off Gosford, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific - Red Sea, East and South Africa, eastwards to Hawaii and north to Japan. The Threebar Boarfish inhabits deep reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IV, 25-27; Anal fin III, 8-10. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from the similar Evistias acutirostris in having a less deep body, and elongate third and fourth dorsal-, and third anal-fin spines elongate (vs. short dorsal and anal-fin spines in Evistias). |
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Species Citation |
Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844, Fauna Japonica Vol. 4(5–6): 86, pl. 45. Type locality: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan (lectotype). |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Resources |
Threebar Boarfish, Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel 1844
References
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Steindachner, F. & Döderlein, L. 1883. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Japan's (II). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 48: 1–40.
Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Pisces. 73-112 pls 37-59, 60 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr. de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(5–6).
