Juvenile development of a flathead,Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae)

Imamura, Hisashi; Yabe, Mamoru; Iguchi, Masaharu; Amaoka, Kunio

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“…Most species of Platycephalid are found throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans while one species inhabits the Atlantic Ocean and another species inhabits the Mediterranean Sea (Imamura et al 1996). Platycephalids are demersal fishes (Gosline 1996), typically occurring on soft substrate habitats such as mud, sand and seagrasses across a variety of environments ranging from shallow estuaries to the deep ocean (Douglas and Lanzing 1981a;Kailola et al 1993).…”

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Dietary niche differentiation of five sympatric species of Platycephalidae

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The dietary composition and partitioning of food resources between five sympatric species of Platycephalidae inhabiting the coastal waters of New South Wales, Australia was investigated. Samples were collected monthly between March and November 2007 onboard commercial ocean prawn trawlers based in the ports of Yamba and Newcastle. Monthly percentage weight contribution of 12 prey categories was analysed to determine if diet was influenced by the variables: species, location, depth, size and maturity. Of the 959 stomachs from the five species examined, 28-54% contained prey. All Platycephalid species primarily consumed teleosts, however the diversity of prey and the proportion each prey type contributed to the overall diet varied substantially between species. Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus, P. longispinis, P. richardsoni and Ambiserrula jugosa were generalist carnivores and consumed prey from a wide variety of phyla including teleosts, crustaceans, polychaetes, molluscs and echinoderms. In contrast, Ratabulus diversidens were primarily piscivorous.Partitioning of prey resources between species was more evident in waters at Yamba than at Newcastle. Differences in diet between locations were considered a result of differential prey exploitation rather than shifts in the suite of prey consumed. Dietary composition was observed to be influenced by size, maturity status and depth however these differences were not observed for all species.

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Dietary niche differentiation of five sympatric species of Platycephalidae

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“…Although E. ransonnetii, Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846, and Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) are also distributed in the western Malay Peninsula and adjacent waters, P. clavulatus apparently differs from them in having 11 second dorsal and anal fin rays rather than 13 as they usually have (Knapp 1999;Imamura 2012; this study). The number of suborbital spines tends to increase with growth in some platycephalids [i.e., Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860): Imamura et al (1996); Inegocia japonica Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829, Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854), Onigocia spinosa (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843), and Rogadius asper (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829): Hirota and Sasaki (1998); and four species of Onigocia Jordan and Thompson, 1913: Imamura (2011]. Knapp (1999) reported the following platycephalid species with three or more suborbital spines from Penang and adjacent waters: Grammoplites knappi Imamura and Amaoka, 1994 (Schultz in Schultz et al, 1966) [see diagnoses of genera in Imamura (1996) for usual number of spines on suborbital ridge, including both preorbital and suborbital spines].…”

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Platycephalus clavulatus Cantor, 1849 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae), a Junior Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)

Nagao

Imamura

2015

Spec.Div.

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The validity of the platycephalid species Platycephalus clavulatus Cantor, 1849, described from a single specimen collected in the sea of Pinang (=Penang), Malaysia, is evaluated. Although it has been suggested that the holotype of the species is a specimen registered as BMNH 1860.3.19.270 in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), which is identifiable as Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829), the total length (TL) of the holotype reported by Cantor is 5 7/8 inches (=149 mm), significantly longer than the damaged BMNH specimen, which is estimated to have had a TL of 121 mm. According to the original description of P. clavulatus, the holotype has 11 second dorsal and anal fin rays, one preorbital spine, and two suborbital spines, values which agree with those of C. punctata, a species widely distributed in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean, including Penang. Although these characters are also present in Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829), that species is known only from Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. We conclude that P. clavulatus is conspecific with C. punctata and is a junior synonym of that species.

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“…Therefore, Silurus imberbis, the replacement name for S. inermis Houttuyn, has priority over I. japonica. However, S. imberbis does not appear to have been used as a valid name after 1899 and I. japonica has been regarded as valid in more than 25 publications by more than10 authors in the immediately proceeding 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years (e.g., Anonymous 1962;Masuda et al 1975;Knapp 1984Knapp , 1992Knapp , 1999Knapp , 2000Ochiai 1984;Gloerfelt-Tarp and Kailola 1984;Sainsbury et al 1985;Chen 1987, 1993;Paxton et al 1989Paxton et al , 2007Imamura 1996Imamura , 1997Imamura , 2005Imamura , 2010 We interpret Jordan and Evermann (1902) as recognizing Platycephalus inermis (Houttuyn) as a valid species of the family Platycephalidae, and P. crocodilus and P. guttatus as junior synonyms of P. inermis. Therefore, "Platycephalus inermis Jordan and Evermann 1902" is not an available name.…”

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Silurus imberbis Gmelin 1789, a senior synonym of the platycephalid Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829), with a proposal to suppress the name

Imamura

Nagao

2011

Ichthyol Res

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Silurus imberbis Gmelin 1789 is a replacement name for Silurus inermisAlthough S. imberbis has priority over I. japonica, an argument for a "reversal of precedence" of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is presented, establishing I. japonica as the valid name for the species. Although "Platycephalus inermis Jordan and Evermann 1902" has been regarded as an available name, it is not considered to be available.

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Juvenile development of a flathead,Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae)

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Dietary niche differentiation of five sympatric species of Platycephalidae

Dietary niche differentiation of five sympatric species of Platycephalidae

Platycephalus clavulatus Cantor, 1849 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae), a Junior Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)

Silurus imberbis Gmelin 1789, a senior synonym of the platycephalid Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829), with a proposal to suppress the name

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