Blackspot Gurnard, Lepidotrigla umbrosa Ogilby 1910
A Blackspot Gurnard, Lepidotrigla umbrosa, in Port Stephens, New South Wales, October 2024. Source: David Harasti / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A poorly known gurnard with a lack and blue ocellus on the first dorsal fin, and the inner surface of the pectoral fin blackish to dark blue with pale to bright blue wavy lines and a pale blue margin. The lateral corners of the rostrum angular with distinct rostral spines, and the front edge of the rostrum forms an obtuse angle.
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Lepidotrigla umbrosa in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3350
Blackspot Gurnard, Lepidotrigla umbrosa Ogilby 1910
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Distribution |
Endemic to eastern Australia, from Repulse Bay, Queensland, to Disaster Bay, southern New South Wales. Inhabits inshore soft sediment areas to about 30 m. |
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Features |
Prepelvic region naked; anterior lateral line scales usually with three small spines; tip of pectoral fin tip reaching to just beyond tip of pelvic fin, extending to base of fifth or sixth anal-fin ray; tip of longest free pectoral-fin ray separated from tip of pectoral fin by distance greater than orbit diameter; lateral corners of rostrum angular with distinct rostral spines, front edge of rostrum forming an obtuse angle. |
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Similar Species |
The Blackspot Gurnard, Lepidotrigla umbrosa, is remarkably similar to Lepidotrigla spinosa, which occurs at similar depths off the southern coasts of South Australia and Western Australia. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin umbrosa (= shadow, shady), possibly in reference to the "pale lilaceous brown" colour of the upper part of the body. |
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Species Citation |
Lepidotrigla umbrosa Ogilby 1910, Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 120. Type locality: between Double Island Point and Pine Peak, Queensland; Hervey Bay; depth 12-25 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Resources |
Blackspot Gurnard, Lepidotrigla umbrosa Ogilby 1910
References
del Cerro, L. & Lloris, D. 1997. Gurnard fishes (Scorpaeniformes, Triglidae) from off New Caledonia, with descriptions of five new species, pp. 91-127 in Séret, B. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 17. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 174: 91-124.
Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 2008. Family Triglidae. pp. 508-514 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Imamura, H. & Hoese, D.F. 2020. Type status of Hyalorhynchus pellucidus Ogilby 1910 (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) with a discussion of Endeavour fishes described by J. D. Ogilby in 1910 from Australia. Ichthyological Research 68(1): 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00774-2
Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On some new fishes from the Queensland coast. Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 85-139. See ref at BHL
Richards, W.J. 1992. Comments on the genus Lepidotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indian and Pacific oceans. Bulletin of Marine Science 51(1): 45-65. See ref online
