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Smallknob Flathead
Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & Knapp, 1999
Also calledzploštělec andamanský (ces)
First described in: Imamura, H.; Knapp, L. W. (1999). <i>Thysanophrys papillaris</i>, a new species of flathead from the Andaman Sea and northern Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae). <em>Ichthyol. Res.</em> 46(2): 179-183.
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description
Description. Counts and proportional measurements are given in Tables 1 and 2, respectively. The following description was based on the six Taiwanese specimens. Body moderately depressed; caudal peduncle somewhat cylindrical. Head strongly depressed. Snout longer than orbit diameter; ratio of snout length / orbit diameter 1.1 - 1.2. Posterior end of upper jaw nearly or just reaching below anterior margin of pupil. Villiform teeth in bands on jaws and palatine, in 2 separate patches on vomer, except for anteromedial portion of upper jaw with short slender conical teeth. Notch absent on posterior margin of upper jaw tooth band. Anterior and posterior nostrils tubular; former with single flap on posterior margin. Single papilla on upper surface of eye; additional papilla present posteriorly and posteromedially to former on right side eye in 99.3 mm SL specimen of NMMB-P 26824 and right side eye in NMMB-P 28534, respectively. Upper iris lappet with short branches; lower iris lappet simple in 5 specimens, bilobed in left eye in 99.3 mm SL specimen of NMMB-P 26824. Interorbital space narrow, concave. Dorsal surface of head with many spines but lacking tubercles. Two antrorse lachrymal sp
A northward range extension of Thysanophrys papillaris (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) to Taiwan
description
English common name: smallknob flathead New Chinese common name: 皮瓣多棘牛尾魚 Fig. 1
A northward range extension of Thysanophrys papillaris (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) to Taiwan
distribution
Distribution. Recorded from the Andaman, Timor, and Arafura seas (eastern Indian Ocean) (Imamura and Knapp 1999), and Nha Trang, Vietnam (Imamura et al. 2019) and southern Taiwan (western Pacific Ocean) (this study).
A northward range extension of Thysanophrys papillaris (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) to Taiwan
materials_examined
Comparative material. Holotype: NTM S. 13325 - 001 (121.7 mm SL), southwest of Flat Top Bank, Timor Sea, Western Australia (12 ° 28 ʹS, 128 ° 37 ʹE), 98 m depth, 8 December 1990. Paratypes (5 specimens): NTM S. 12912 - 008 (101.3 mm SL), Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, Australia (10 ° 15 ʹS, 134 ° 42 ʹE), 64 m depth, 10 Nov. 1990; USNM 344833 (2 specimens, 77.8 - 99.4 mm SL), Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean (13 ° 28 ʹN, 97 ° 19 ʹE), 73 - 81 m depth, 30 March 1963; USNM 344834 (2 specimens, 99.3 - 113.3 mm SL), Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean (14 ° 07 ʹN, 97 ° 05 ʹE), 69 - 73 m depth, 30 March 1963. All USNM paratypes were trawled by R / V Anton Bruun. Additional non-types (5 specimens): CSIRO H 1037 - 1 (2 specimens, 124.4 - 149.7 mm SL), north-northwest of Port Hedland, Western Australia (19 ° 03 ʹS, 117 ° 59 ʹE - 19 ° 04 ʹS, 118 ° 01 ʹE), 90 - 97 m depth, FRV Soela, demersal trawl, 27 September 1987; CSIRO H 1500 - 01 (124.7 mm SL), north-northwest of Port Hedland, Western Australia (19 ° 06 ʹS, 118 ° 12 ʹE - 19 ° 05 ʹS, 118 ° 10 ʹE), 84 - 87 m depth, FRV Soela, demersal trawl, 3 October 1988; HUMZ 229721, 170.3 mm SL, fish landing port, Cua Be, Nha Trang, Vietnam (12 ° 11 ʹN, 109 ° 12 ʹE),
A northward range extension of Thysanophrys papillaris (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) to Taiwan
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