Onigocia
Onigocia is a genus of fish in the family of Platycephalidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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| Genus: | Onigocia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1913 |
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| Platycephalus macrolepis Bleeker, 1854 | |
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Onigocia bimaculata L. W. Knapp, Imamura & Sakashita, 2000 | Two-spotted flathead | Indo-Pacific: Known from the Gulf of Aqaba, Comoro Islands and Mauritius to southern Japan, the Philippines, Caroline Islands, northeastern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, American Samoa and the Society Islands. | |
| Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908) [1] | Indo-West Pacific: Amirante Islands (Seychelles) and the Gulf of Thailand. | ||
| Onigocia lacrimalis Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 2009 | Smooth-snout flathead | Pacific South West: currently known only from the Chesterfield Islands, Coral Sea, and northern Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea. | |
| Onigocia macrocephala (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) | Southern notched flathead [2] | In Australia, recorded from about Exmouth (Western Australia) to the English Company Islands (Northern Territory). Elsewhere in the South China Sea - Vietnam, The Philippines, China, north of Waigeo, the Bali Sea and the Timor Sea. | |
| Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854) | Notched flathead | Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, northwest shelf of Australia and Andaman Sea. | |
| Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908) | Large-scale flathead | Indo-West Pacific: three known specimens from Natal, South Africa; also from north and northwestern Australia, and possibly extending to western Papua New Guinea. Reported from Samoa | |
| Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908) | Broad-band flathead | Indo-West Pacific: widespread, from off Natal, South Africa to Karachi, Maldives, South China Sea, Philippines, Irian Barat (Teluk Berau), Northwest Shelf of Australia, Timor and Arafura seas, Great Barrier Reef, Guadalcanal and Tonga. | |
| Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011 [3] | Indo-West Pacific: . Known from the Ceram, Arafura, Timor and Coral seas. | ||
| Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) | Midget flathead | Western Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, northwest shelf of Australia through Timor and Arafura seas. |
References
- Imamura, H. (2016): Rediagnosis of Onigocia grandisquama (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Platycephalidae) and Comparison with Congeners. Species Diversity, 21 (2): 151–159.
- Imamura, H. (2012): Validity and redescription of the flathead fish, Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3450: 23–32.
- Imamura, H. (2011): Onigocia sibogae, a replacement name for a distinct species of flathead fish, Platycephalus grandisquamis Weber, 1913 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3066: 52–60.
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