Species Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Rhomboidichthys azureus Alcock, A.W. 1889. Natural History notes from H. M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator. — No. 10. List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal in 1888 and 1889, with descriptions of new and rare species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 58(23): 279-295 pls 16-18 [283, pl. 16 (fig.3)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZSI F.12184, 8-20 miles south-west of Puri, Bay of Bengal, 7-13 fathoms; BMNH 1927.1.6.41 (ex. ZSI), 8-20 miles south-west of Puri, Bay of Bengal, 7-13 fathoms; ZSI 12354 (not found), 8-20 miles south-west of Puri, Bay of Bengal, 7-13 fathoms; ZSI 12355, 8-20 miles south-west of Puri, Bay of Bengal, 7-13 fathoms.

 

Generic Combinations

• Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock, 1889). —
  Norman, J.R. 1927. The flatfishes (Heterosomata) of India, with a list of the specimens in the Indian Museum. Part 1. Records of the Indian Museum 29: 7-48 pls 2-7 [30]

 

Introduction

Hensley & Randall (1993) regarded C. kanekonis as a junior synonym of C. azureus, but other workers recognise that species from Japan.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay (25°21'S) to west of Broome (17°50'S, 121°41'E), WA, Lizard Island, QLD (14°40'S), and possibly off Brunswick Heads, NSW; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

12-60m

 

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [273]

Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 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. [3820]

Hensley, D.A. & Randall, J.E. 1993. Description of a new flatfish of the Indo-Pacific genus Crossorhombus (Teleostei: Bothidae), with comments on congeners. Copeia 1993(4): 119-126 figs 1-6 [1125]

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Bothidae. pp. 1810-1823 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1817]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [46]

Norman, J.R. 1934. A Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes (Heterosomata) Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 459 pp. 317 figs.

 

Common Name References

Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 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. [3820] (FAO) (Bluespotted Flounder)

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. [282] (Chain-mail Wide-eyed Flounder)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Chain-mail Flounder)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	11-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED