Percophidae

Percophidae
Goby flathead, Bembrops gobioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Trachinoidei
Family:	Percophidae
Genera
Acanthaphritis Bembrops Chrionema Dactylopsaron Enigmapercis Hemerocoetes Matsubaraea Osopsaron Percophis Pteropsaron Squamicreedia See text for species.

The Percophidae, duckbills, are a family of perciform fishes 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

Bembrops platyrhynchus Natal duckbill

• Genus Acanthaphritis
  • Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
  • Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
  • Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971).
  • Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996
• Genus Bembrops
  • Duckbill flathead, B. anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955
  • Bembrops cadenati Das & Nelson, 1996
  • Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876
  • Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952
  • Sharpnosed duckbill, B. filifera Gilbert, 1905
  • Goby flathead, B. gobioides (Goode, 1880)
  • Roundtail duckbill, B. greyi Poll, 1959
  • Squaretail duckbill, B. heterurus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903)
  • Bembrops macromma Ginsburg, 1955
  • Bembrops magnisquamis Ginsburg, 1955.
  • New Zealand flathead, B. morelandi Nelson, 1978
  • Bembrops nelsoni Thompson & Suttkus, 2002
  • Bembrops nematopterus Norman, 1939
  • Ocellate duckbill, B. ocellatus Thompson & Suttkus, 1998
  • Natal duckbill, B. platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)
  • Bembrops quadrisella Thompson & Suttkus, 1998
  • Bahama duckbill, B. 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, E. reducta Whitley, 1936
• Genus Hemerocoetes
  • Hemerocoetes artus Nelson, 1979
  • Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914
  • Opalfish, H. 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, P. brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825.
• Genus Pteropsaron
  • Pteropsaron evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Pteropsaron heemstrai Nelson, 1982
  • Pteropsaron incisum Gilbert, 1905
• Genus Squamicreedia
  • Obtuse sandfish, S. 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: 560. Retrieved 2011-05-19.