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Family: Percophidae Duckbills



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50 species (see list below)

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Photo by Shao, K.T.

Eastern Indian Ocean to W
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Acanthaphritis barbata
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Acanthaphritis grandisquamis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.8 cm SL
 
Acanthaphritis ozawai
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
 
Acanthaphritis unoorum
[]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Bembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Bembrops anatirostris
[Duckbill flathead]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 16.4 cm SL
 
Bembrops cadenati
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 24.1 cm TL
Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Bembrops caudimacula
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm SL
Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952

Photo by CSIRO
 
Bembrops curvatura
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 22 cm SL
Bembrops filiferus Gilbert, 1905

Photo by CSIRO
 
Bembrops filiferus
[Sharpnosed duckbill]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Bembrops gobioides (Goode, 1880)

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Bembrops gobioides
[Goby flathead]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Bembrops greyi Poll, 1959

Photo by FAO
 
Bembrops greyi
[Roundtail duckbill]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 28 cm TL
Bembrops heterurus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Bembrops heterurus
[Squaretail duckbill]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 23.2 cm SL
 
Bembrops macromma
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm SL
 
Bembrops magnisquamis
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 20.7 cm SL
 
Bembrops morelandi
[Flathead]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Bembrops nelsoni
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 18.5 cm TL
 
Bembrops nematopterus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 18.8 cm SL
 
Bembrops ocellatus
[Ocellate duckbill]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Bembrops platyrhynchus
[Natal duckbill]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 23.1 cm SL
 
Bembrops quadrisella
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 17.6 cm SL
 
Bembrops raneyi
[Bahama duckbill]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 22 cm SL
Chrionema chlorotaenia McKay, 1971

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Chrionema chlorotaenia
[]

Photo by Yang, N.-S.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 21 cm SL
Chrionema chryseres Gilbert, 1905

Photo by Yang, N.-S.
 
Chrionema chryseres
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 21 cm SL
Chrionema furunoi Okamura & Yamachi, 1982

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Chrionema furunoi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 13.2 cm SL
 
Chrionema pallidum
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 11 cm NG
 
Chrionema squamentum
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Chrionema squamiceps
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
 
Dactylopsaron dimorphicum
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Enigmapercis acutirostris
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Enigmapercis reducta
[Broad sandfish]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Hemerocoetes artus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 28 cm TL
 
Hemerocoetes monopterygius
[Opalfish]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Hemerocoetes morelandi
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 6.9 cm SL
 
Matsubaraea fusiforme
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Osopsaron formosensis Kao & Shen, 1985

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Osopsaron formosensis
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
 
Osopsaron karlik
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SL
 
Osopsaron verecundum
[]

Photo by INIDEP

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 53.3 cm TL
Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Photo by INIDEP
 
Percophis brasiliensis
[Brazilian flathead]

Photo by Iwamoto, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.4 cm SL
Pteropsaron dabfar Iwamoto, 2014

Photo by Iwamoto, T.
 
Pteropsaron dabfar
[]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SL
Pteropsaron evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Pteropsaron evolans
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Pteropsaron heemstrai Nelson, 1982

Photo by SFSA
 
Pteropsaron heemstrai
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Pteropsaron incisum
[]

Photo by Fong, J.D.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Pteropsaron levitoni Iwamoto, 2014

Photo by Fong, J.D.
 
Pteropsaron levitoni
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
Pteropsaron longipinnis Allen & Erdmann, 2012

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Pteropsaron longipinnis
[Midwater sand-diver]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Pteropsaron natalensis (Nelson, 1982)

Photo by SFSA
 
Pteropsaron natalensis
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Pteropsaron neocaledonicus
[]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Pteropsaron springeri Smith & Johnson, 2007

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.
 
Pteropsaron springeri
[Springer's sand-diver]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Squamicreedia obtusa
[Obtuse sandfish]
50 Species of Family Percophidae
(Duckbills)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1963 Acanthaphritis barbata Eastern Indian Ocean to W 10 SL
1880 Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Western Central Pacific
1971 Acanthaphritis ozawai Eastern Indian Ocean 10.8 SL
1996 Acanthaphritis unoorum Western Pacific
1955 Bembrops anatirostris Duckbill flathead Western Atlantic 35 TL
1996 Bembrops cadenati Eastern Atlantic 16.4 SL
1876 Bembrops caudimacula Indo-West Pacific 24.1 TL
1952 Bembrops curvatura Indo-West Pacific 16 SL
1905 Bembrops filiferus Sharpnosed duckbill Pacific Ocean 22 SL
1880 Bembrops gobioides Goby flathead Western Atlantic 30 TL
1959 Bembrops greyi Roundtail duckbill Eastern Atlantic 25 TL
1903 Bembrops heterurus Squaretail duckbill Western Atlantic 28 TL
1955 Bembrops macromma Western Central Atlantic 23.2 SL
1955 Bembrops magnisquamis Western Central Pacific 10.5 SL
1978 Bembrops morelandi Flathead Southwest Pacific 20.7 SL
2002 Bembrops nelsoni Western Central Pacific
1939 Bembrops nematopterus Western Indian Ocean 18.5 TL
1998 Bembrops ocellatus Ocellate duckbill Western Central Atlantic 18.8 SL
1894 Bembrops platyrhynchus Natal duckbill Indo-West Pacific 25 TL
1998 Bembrops quadrisella Western Central Atlantic 23.1 SL
1998 Bembrops raneyi Bahama duckbill Western Central Atlantic 17.6 SL
1971 Chrionema chlorotaenia Indo-West Pacific 22 SL
1905 Chrionema chryseres Pacific Ocean 21 SL
1982 Chrionema furunoi Northwest Pacific 21 SL
1990 Chrionema pallidum Southeast Pacific 13.2 SL
1955 Chrionema squamentum Western Central Atlantic 11 NG
1905 Chrionema squamiceps Eastern Central Pacific
1990 Dactylopsaron dimorphicum Southeast Pacific 2.9 SL
1990 Enigmapercis acutirostris Southeast Pacific
1936 Enigmapercis reducta Broad sandfish Indo-Pacific 9 TL
1979 Hemerocoetes artus Southwest Pacific
1914 Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Southwest Pacific
1801 Hemerocoetes monopterygius Opalfish Southwest Pacific 28 TL
1979 Hemerocoetes morelandi Southwest Pacific
1914 Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Southwest Pacific
1943 Matsubaraea fusiforme Western Pacific 6.9 SL
1985 Osopsaron formosensis Northwest Pacific 5.5 SL
1985 Osopsaron karlik Southeast Pacific 4.2 SL
1902 Osopsaron verecundum Northwest Pacific 6 SL
1825 Percophis brasiliensis Brazilian flathead Southwest Atlantic 53.3 TL
2014 Pteropsaron dabfar Western Pacific 3.4 SL
1902 Pteropsaron evolans Northwest Pacific 7 SL
1982 Pteropsaron heemstrai Western Indian Ocean 5.5 SL
1905 Pteropsaron incisum Eastern Pacific 5.2 SL
2014 Pteropsaron levitoni Western Pacific 2.8 SL
2012 Pteropsaron longipinnis Midwater sand-diver Western Pacific 2.9 SL
1982 Pteropsaron natalensis Western Indian Ocean 3.5 SL
1979 Pteropsaron neocaledonicus Pacific Ocean 4.5 SL
2007 Pteropsaron springeri Springer's sand-diver Western Central Pacific 2.8 SL
1921 Squamicreedia obtusa Obtuse sandfish Indo-West Pacific 8 TL



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