Genus Onigocia Jordan & Thompson, 1913
- Onigocia Jordan, D.S. & Thompson, W.F. 1913. Notes on a collection of fishes from the island of Shikoku in Japan, with a description of a new species, Gnathypops iyonis. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46(2011): 65-72 figs 1-5 [70].
Type species:
Platycephalus macrolepis Bleeker, 1854 by original designation.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
PLATYCEPHALIDAE: Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854) — Imamura, H. 2012. Validity and redescription of the flathead fish, Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa 3450: 23-32 [24] (species restricted to Japan to Philippines, Australian records based on Onigocia macrocephala)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), 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), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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
General References
Imamura, H. 1996. Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1(2): 123-233 [214]
Imamura, H. & Knapp, L.W. 2009. A new species of the flathead genus Onigocia (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) collected from the Coral and Tasman seas. Zootaxa 2008: 23-38 [23]
Imamura, H. & McGrouther, M.A. 2008. New records of a flathead fish, Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 239-243 [239]
Knapp, L.W. 1999. Family Platycepalidae. pp. 2385-2421 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2387]
Knapp, L.W., Imamura, H. & Sakashita, M. 2000. Onigocia bimaculata, a new species of flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Special Publication J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 64: 1-10 [1]
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Platycephalidae. pp. 933-948 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. [938]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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14-Dec-2022 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 14-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS) |
06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 28-Jul-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |