Species Parabothus kiensis (Tanaka, 1918)
Yellowspotted Flounder, Tanaka's Narrowbodied Flounder
- Platophrys kiensis Tanaka, S. 1918. Twelve new species of Japanese fishes. Zoological Magazine, Tokyo 30(356): 223-227 [in Japanese] [225].
Type data:
Holotype ZIUT 8313, Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Parabothus kiensis (Tanaka, 1918). —
Amaoka, K. 1969. Studies on the sinestral flounders found in the waters around Japan. Taxonomy, anatomy, and physiology. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 18: 65-340 [125]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest Shelf, WA (118°17'E) and northeast of Townsville (18°36'S) to east of Stradbroke Island, QLD (27°50'S), also south of Coringa Islets, Coral Sea (17°21'S, 150°09'E); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
174-400m
General References
Amaoka, K. 1969. Studies on the sinestral flounders found in the waters around Japan. Taxonomy, anatomy, and physiology. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 18: 65-340 [125]
Amaoka, K., Mihara, E. & Rivaton, J. 1997. Pisces, Pleuronectiformes: flatfishes from the waters around New Caledonia. Six species of the bothid genera Tosarhombus and Parabothus. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 174: 143-171 [163]
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. [3838]
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. [1822]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [46]
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. [3838] (FAO) (Tanaka's Narrowbodied Flounder)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Yellowspotted Flounder)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2015 | PLEURONECTOIDEI | 18-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |