Percophidae, Swainson, 1839

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 175-176

Percophidae

(duckbills, bembrops)

Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876 Tailspot Duckbill Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876: 212 (Nagasaki, Japan).— Thompson and Suttkus 2002: 288 (map

[Arafura Sea]); Hoese et al. 2006: 1501 (NT; N coast).

Thompson and Suttkus (2002) give map and NTM numbers in text; all Arafura Sea.

Bembrops curvatura Okada and Suzuki, 1952

Bigscale Duckbill

Bembrops curvatura Okada and Suzuki, 1952: 68 (Owashi, Mie Prefecture, Japan).— Hoese et al. 2006: 1501 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).

Bembrops curratura [sic]: Ramm 1997: 19 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

Arafura Sea.

Bembrops filifera Gilbert, 1905

Sharpnose Duckbill

Bembrops filifera Gilbert, 1905: 643 (Maui, Hawaii).— Hoese et al. 2006: 1502 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).

Bembrops nelsoni Thompson and Suttkus, 2002

Smallscale Duckbill

Bembrops nelsoni Thompson and Suttkus, 2002: 290–291 , fig. 9 ( Indonesia, Arafura Sea north of Lynedoch Bank).— Hoese et al. 2006: 1502 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).

Arafura Sea, E of Evans Shoal, N of Lynedoch Bank.

Squamicreedia obtusa Rendahl, 1921

Obtuse Duckbill

Squamicreedia obtusa Rendahl, 1921: 20 (Cape Jaubert, NW Australia).— Whitley 1956b: 260 (off Charles Point, Northern Territory); Larson and Williams 1997: 366 (off Charles Point); Hoese et al. 2006: 1504 (NT; N coast, Charles Point). Whitley’s specimen is AMS IA.7851.