Percophidae

Duckbills are a family, Percophidae, of perciform fishes.

They are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific.

They are small fishes: the largest species, the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis, grows up to about 50 cm, but 10 to 20 cm is more typical.

A few species are fished commercially, including the Brazilian flathead.

Species

• Genus Acanthaphritis
  • Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963).
  • Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880.
  • Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971).
  • Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996.
• Genus Bembrops
  • Duckbill flathead, Bembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955.
  • Bembrops cadenati Das & Nelson, 1996.
  • Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876.
  • Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952.
  • Sharpnosed duckbill, Bembrops filifera Gilbert, 1905.
  • Goby flathead, Bembrops gobioides (Goode, 1880).
  • Roundtail duckbill, Bembrops greyi Poll, 1959.
  • Squaretail duckbill, Bembrops heterurus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903).
  • Bembrops macromma Ginsburg, 1955.
  • Bembrops magnisquamis Ginsburg, 1955.
  • New Zealand flathead, Bembrops morelandi Nelson, 1978.
  • Bembrops nelsoni Thompson & Suttkus, 2002.
  • Bembrops nematopterus Norman, 1939.
  • Ocellate duckbill, Bembrops ocellatus Thompson & Suttkus, 1998.
  • Natal duckbill, Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894).
  • Bembrops quadrisella Thompson & Suttkus, 1998.
  • Bahama duckbill, Bembrops raneyi Thompson & Suttkus, 1998.
• Genus Chrionema
  • Chrionema chlorotaenia McKay, 1971.
  • Chrionema chryseres Gilbert, 1905.
  • Chrionema furunoi Okamura & Yamachi, 1982.
  • Chrionema pallidum Parin, 1990.
  • Chrionema squamentum (Ginsburg, 1955).
  • Chrionema squamiceps Gilbert, 1905.
• Genus Dactylopsaron
  • Dactylopsaron dimorphicum Parin & Belyanina, 1990.
• Genus Enigmapercis
  • Enigmapercis acutirostris Parin, 1990.
  • Broad sandfish, Enigmapercis reducta Whitley, 1936.
• Genus Hemerocoetes
  • Hemerocoetes artus Nelson, 1979.
  • Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914.
  • Opalfish, Hemerocoetes monopterygius (Schneider, 1801).
  • Hemerocoetes morelandi (Nelson, 1978).
  • Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Regan, 1914.
• Genus Matsubaraea
  • Matsubaraea fusiforme (Fowler, 1943).
• Genus Osopsaron
  • Osopsaron formosensis Kao & Shen, 1985.
  • Osopsaron karlik Parin, 1985.
  • Osopsaron natalensis Nelson, 1982.
  • Osopsaron verecundum (Jordan & Snyder, 1902).
• Genus Percophis
  • Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825.
• Genus Pteropsaron
  • Pteropsaron evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902.
  • Pteropsaron heemstrai Nelson, 1982.
  • Pteropsaron incisum Gilbert, 1905.
• Genus Squamicreedia
  • Obtuse sandfish, Squamicreedia obtusa Rendahl, 1921.

Timeline of genera

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Percophidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-19.