Parabembras robinsoni, African deep-water flathead

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Parabembras robinsoni Regan, 1921

African deep-water flathead
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Bembridae (Deepwater flatheads)
Etymology: Parabembras: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, bembras, -ados = a kind of anchovy (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 200 - 600 m (Ref. 6628). Deep-water

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Western Indian Ocean, from Durban to at least southern Mozambique, along the east coast of South Africa.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6628)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 11 - 12; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 8-9; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 5

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Kai, Y. and R. Fricke, 2018. Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei, Parabembridae). ZooKeys 740:59-76. (Ref. 117904)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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