''Bembradium'' is a
genus of marine
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Bembridae
Bembridae, the deep-water flatheads, are a family of bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Taxonomy
Bembridae was first proposed as a family in 1873 by the German zoologist Johann Jakob Kaup ...
, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert in 1905 when he
described the new species, ''Bembradium roseum'', from the
Pailolo channel in the
Hawaiian Islands
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. He designated his new species as the
type species of the new monotypic genus. Subsequently the French ichthyologists Pierre Fourmanoir and Jacques Rivaton described a second species, ''B. furici'', from the
Isle of Pines in the
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in 1979. In 2019 a third species was described from the
Andaman Sea
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'' the genus is classified within the family Bembridae, the deep water flatheads.[
]
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[
* '']Bembradium roseum
''Bembradium'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by th ...
'' C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Etymology
The genus name means “like ''Bembras
''Bembras'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Bembras'' was first proposed as a monotypic genus i ...
''”, the type genus of Bembridae.
Characteristics
''Bembradium'' is diagnosed as a genus by the front part of the head behind very flattened, becoming less flattened to the rear. The lower jaw does not protrude. The suborbital ridge bears many spines. The origin of the pectoral fins is behind a vertical line through the origin of the pelvic fins. The lateral line runs through the centre of the flanks. The scales on the body are large.[
]
Distribution and habitat
''Bembradium'' deepwater flatheads are found in the Indo-Pacific region from the Andaman Sea to Hawaii. They are found in deep water.[
]
References
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Bembridae
Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert