Thysanophrys papillaris, a new species of flathead from the Andaman Sea and Northern Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) |
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| Authors: | Hisashi Imamura Leslie W. Knapp |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Hachinohe Branch, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Agency, 25-259 Same, Hachinohe, 031-0841 Aomori, Japan;(2) Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 20560 Washington, D. C., USA;(3) Present address: Fisheries Museum, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, 041-8611 Hokkaido, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A new platycephalid,Thysanophrys papillaris, is described on the basis of six specimens (78–121 mm SL) collected from the Andaman Sea and off northern Australia (Timor and Arafura Seas). This new species can be distinguished from other congeners by the following combination of characters: presence of a single short papilla on upper surface of eye, longer snout, smaller body scales. 11 second dorsal-fin rays and 12 anal-fin rays, presence of four or more suborbital spines usually, branched short iris lappet, ctenoid lateral-line scales and interopercle not extended posteroventrally. |
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| Keywords: | Platycephalidae Thysanophrys papillaris sp. nov. Andaman Sea Timor Sea Arafura Sea |
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