Species Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829)
Fringelip Flathead, Fringe Flathead, Fringe-lip Flathead
- Cottus otaitensis Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 4 518 pp. pls 72-99. [242] [based on a Parkinson drawing. Described in remarks to Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Otaïti [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]
Comment: based on a Parkinson drawing. - Thysanophrys papillolabium Schultz, L.P. 1966. Family Scorpaenidae. pp. 13-42, figs 136-143 in Schultz, L.P., Woods, L.P. & Lachner, E.A. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 3. Families Kraemeriidae through Antennariidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(3): 1-176, figs 133-156, pls 124-148 [55, fig. 145, pl. 130(fig. A)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 141004, Ocean reef off Cherry Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific.
Paratype(s) USNM 141000 (12), ocean reef, Bock Island, Rongerik Atoll, Marshall Islands; USNM 141005, ocean reef, Oruk Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands; USNM 152920 (ex UW), Eniwetok, Rigili Island, Marshall Islands; USNM 202549 (ex UW7402), Bikini Atoll, Enyu Island, Marshall Islands; USNM 202553 (ex UW7394), Bikini Atoll, Ion Island, Area 2796., Marshall Islands; USNM 141001, lagoon reef, Latoback Island, Rongerik Atoll; USNM 141002, lagoon reef, Eman Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands; USNM 141003 (3), lagoon halfway between Bikini and Amen reefs, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands; USNM 141006 (2), ocean reef, Arbor Island, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands; USNM 152921 (2), Bikini Atoll, Erik Island, Marshall Islands; USNM 202552 (4 ex UW7403), Bikini Atoll, Eman Islands, Area 0591C., Marshall Islands; USNM 202551 (2 ex UW7396), Bikini Atoll, Bikini Islands, Area 2007., Marshall Islands; whereabouts unknown (Listed in original description as collected by University of Washington Group at Bikini Atoll but current whereabouts unknown), Bikini-Amen reef. - Platycephalus malayanus Bleeker, P. 1853. Nieuwe tientallen diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 5: 495-534 [498] (Date of publication from Kottelat 2011 as between 12 and 16 Feb. 1854).
Type data:
Holotype RMNH 5968, Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Imamura, H., Ida, H., & Moyer, J.T. 1995. Redescription of a flathead, Thysanophrys otaitensis (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 42(3-4): 277–283 [278]
Generic Combinations
- Insidiator malayanus (Bleeker, 1854). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [403] - Suggrundus malayanus (Bleeker, 1854). —
Fowler, H.W. 1949. The fishes of Oceania — Supplement 3. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 12(2): 3-186 [109]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [57] (2247) - Thysanophrys otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829). —
Knapp, L.W. 1984. Family Platycephalidae. 22 unnumbered pages, 30 figs in Fischer, W. & Bianchi, G. (eds) FAO Species Identification Sheets, Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Rome : FAO Vol. 3. [4]
Knapp, L.W. 1986. Family No. 155: Platycephalidae. pp. 482-486 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [485]
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [98] - Eurycephalus otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829). —
Imamura, H. 1996. Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1(2): 123-233 [210] (changed combination when describing genus Eurycephalus) - Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829). —
Imamura, H. 2003. Sunagocia, a replacement name for the platycephalid genus Eurycephalus (Actinopterygii: Percomorpha), with taxonomic comments on the species of the genus. Species Diversity 8: 301-306 [301] (changed combination when describing genus Sunagocia)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Thysanophrys otaitensis (Parkinson, 1829) [Cuvier description based on a Parkinson drawing, authorship sometimes given as Parkinson].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ningaloo Reef near Osprey Bay, WA (22º20´S) to the Great Barrier Reef, QLD, also Rowley Shoals, WA (17º30'S, 119º10'E), Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Reefs, Timor Sea, and Boot Reef and Herald Cays, Coral Sea; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Transition (3), 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
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91 [75] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [84] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
- Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [9] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
- Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202 [193]
- Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 [210]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [29] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
- 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.
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
0-10m
General References
Imamura, H. & Knapp, L.W. 1999. Thysanophrys papillaris, a new species of flathead from the Andaman Sea and northern Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae). Ichthyological Research 46(2): 179-183
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. [2421] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
Knapp, L. W. & Imamura, H. 2004. Sunagocia sainsburyi, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from northwestern Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17(4): 545-550 [545]
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [98] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis )
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [472] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
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. [946]
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [87] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [87] (as Thysanophrys otaitensis)
Common Name References
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. [2421] (FAO) (Fringelip Flathead)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [98] (Fringe-lip Flathead)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [87] (Fringelip Flathead)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Fringelip Flathead, Fringe Flathead)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 08-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |