
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thompson, Bruce A. 
A1  - Suttkus, Royal D. 
T1  - A revision of Indo-Pacific <emph type="2">Bembrops</emph>, family Percophidae (suborder Trachinoidei)
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 53
IS  - 2
SP  - 283
EP  - 295
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF01124 
N2  - A recent study recognized six species of Bembrops from the Indo&#8211;Pacific: B. caudimacula, B. curvatura, B. filiferus, B. morelandi, B. nematopterus and B. platyrhynchus. Now, two species are elevated; B. adenensis is removed from the synonymy ofB. caudimacula and B. philippinus from B. platyrhynchus. In addition, a new sister species to B. adenensis is recognized from southern Indonesia and the Philippine Islands, bringing the total number of Indo&#8211;Pacific Bembrops to nine. Many early records of B. caudimacula are shown to be B. curvatura, a species not described until 1952. Information is presented on meristics, morphometrics, colour pattern and sexual dimorphism for the Indo&#8211;Pacific species, with comparisons with the ten Atlantic forms. B. adenensis and the new species are the only two members of the genus with a complete suborbital canal. B. nematopterus, elsewhere considered to be a synonym of either B. platyrhynchus or caudimacula, is a valid species found along the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. New information is provided on the distribution of most Indo&#8211;Pacific Bembrops species. Bembrops morelandi, considered a New Zealand endemic, is reported for the first time from Australia. Geographic variation in body pigment pattern is presented for Bembrops caudimacula, B. filiferus and B. philippinus. 
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