Species Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Spot-tail Wide-eye Flounder, Largescale Flounder, Mottled Wide-eyed Flounder, Spiny-head Flounder, Spiny-headed Flounder, Spotted-tail Flounder
- Rhombus grandisquama Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1846. Pisces. pp. 173-188 pls 88-95 in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(10). [183, pl. 92 (figs.3-4)] [derivation apparently from the Latin grandis = large + squamma = scale, a noun in apposition].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 3533a, Nagasaki, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 3533b–d (3), Nagasaki, Japan; RMNH 3534a–b (2), Nagasaki, Japan.Subsequent designation references:
Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5 [149]. - Rhomboidichthys spiniceps Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 6(1): 1-138 pls 1-2 [127].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.16274–001 (ex. MAMU F211), Port Jackson, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Norman, J.R. 1926. A report on the flatfishes (Heterosomata) collected by the F.I.S. Endeavour, with a synopsis of the flatfishes of Australia and a revision of the subfamily Rhombosoleinae. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 5(5): 219-308 figs 1-15 [250]
- McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [276]
- Amaoka, K., Mihara, E. & Rivaton, J. 1993. Pisces, Pleuronectiformes: Flatfishes from the waters around New Caledonia. — A revision of the genus Engyprosopon. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 158: 377-426 [382]
Generic Combinations
- Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). —
McCulloch, A.R. & Whitley, G.P. 1925. Some little known Australian flatfishes. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 342-354 figs 1-4 pl. 49 [343] - Scaeops grandisquama spiniceps (Macleay, 1881). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [49] - Engyprosopon spiniceps (Macleay, 1881). —
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [384] - Platophrys spiniceps (Macleay, 1881). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1921. Checklist of the fishes and fish-like animals of New South Wales. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 2(2): 14-58 figs 4-24 [26]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Engyprosopon grandisquamum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [misspelling of species name, assuming it to be an adjective]. —
Amaoka, K., Mihara, E. & Rivaton, J. 1993. Pisces, Pleuronectiformes: Flatfishes from the waters around New Caledonia. — A revision of the genus Engyprosopon. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 158: 377-426 [377] - Engyprosopon grandisquamis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [misspelling of species name]. —
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Fremantle, WA (32°11'S) to east of Montague Island, NSW (37°06'S, 153°11'E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coastal, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, silt bottom-marine.
Extra Ecological Information
3-130m
General References
Hensley, D.A. 1986. Family No. 269: Bothidae. pp. 854-863 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [858]
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. [3823]
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. [1818]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [46]
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [752]
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [384] (as E. spiniceps)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [276]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [65] (455)
Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [49] (1485 as Scaeops grandisquama spiniceps)
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. [3823] (FAO) (Largescale Flounder)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [384] (Spiny-head Flounder)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [65] (Spiny-headed 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] (Mottled Wide-eyed Flounder)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spot-tail Wide-eye Flounder)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [58] (Spotted-tail Flounder)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2015 | PLEURONECTOIDEI | 14-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |