Parabembras curta
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Parabembras curta, is a species of sprat-like flathead fish belonging to the family Parabembridae.[1] It is found in western Pacific Ocean.[2]
Description
Head and body reddish orange and white ventrally. Fins red in color. A symphyseal knob on the lower jaw absent, which is the clear difference from Parabembras robinsoni.[3] A single preocular spine two robust lachrymal spines present. There are 6–8 supraocular spines, 9 spines in the first dorsal fin and 34–39 pored lateral-line scales. Body cylindrical and posteriorly weakly compressed. Scales ctenoid. Opercle with upper and lower spines. Mouth large and slightly oblique.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parabembras". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ a b "Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean". Zookeys. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Parabembras curta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843". gbif. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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