Druzhinin’s Alfonsino, Centroberyx druzhinini (Busakhin 1981)

Other Names: Flathead Alfonsino

Summary:

Head, upper body and all fins except pectoral fins bright red, becoming silvery white below, pectoral fins pink, iris yellow.

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Bray, D.J. 2025, Centroberyx druzhinini in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Jun 2026, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5782

Druzhinin’s Alfonsino, Centroberyx druzhinini (Busakhin 1981)

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Distribution	West of Shark Bay to southwest of Rowley Shoals, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Saya de Malha Bank, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Philippines and Mariana Islands, north to Japan and Ogasawara islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia.
Features	Dorsal fin V-VII, 12-15; Anal fin IV, 15-17; Pectoral fin 13; Pelvic fin I, 7; Lateral-line scales 53-62; Cheek scale rows 5. Body oval, laterally compressed; lacrimal without spines; anterior and posterior nostrils close together, distance apart shorter than diameter of anterior nostril. Dorsal-fin base longer than anal-fin base; pelvic fin origin below dorsal-fin origin. Lateral line scales not extending onto caudal fin.
Size	To 30 cm SL.
Fisheries	Taken in deep bottom trawls in parts of its range.
Species Citation	Trachichthodes druzhinini Busakhin 1981, Zoologichesky Zhurnal 60(11): 1729, Figs. 1-3. Type locality: Saya de Malha Bank, southwestern Indian Ocean, 11°23.3'S, 61°28'E, depth 128-130 m.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Druzhinin’s Alfonsino, Centroberyx druzhinini (Busakhin 1981)

References

Busakhin, S.V. 1981. Trachichthodes druzhinini Busakhin, a new species of the family Berycidae (Osteichthyes) from the Indian Ocean. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 60(11): 1728-1731. [In Russian, English summary]

Moore, J. 2020. Centroberyx druzhinini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T123356346A123356642. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123356346A123356642.en. Accessed on 17 September 2025.

Motomura, H., Alama, U.B., Muto, N., Babaran, R.P. & Ishikawa, S. (eds) 2017 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. See ref online

Paxton, J.R. 1999. Berycidae. Alfonsinos. pp. 2218-2220 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome.

Psomadakis, P., Thein, H., Russell, B.C. & Tun, M.T. 2020. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of Myanmar. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. FAO and Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Rome: i-xvii + 1-694, pls. 1-58.