''Bembradium'' is a

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belonging to the

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Bembridae Bembridae, the deep-water flatheads, are a family of bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Bembridae was first proposed as a family in 1873 by the German zoologist Johann Jakob Kaup ...

, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert in 1905 when he described the new species, ''Bembradium roseum'', from the Pailolo channel in the

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. He designated his new species as the

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of the new monotypic genus. Subsequently the French ichthyologists Pierre Fourmanoir and Jacques Rivaton described a second species, ''B. furici'', from the Isle of Pines in the Province Sud on Grande Terre in

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in 1979. In 2019 a third species was described from the

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'' the genus is classified within the family Bembridae, the deep water flatheads. Other authorities classify the genus in the family Plectrogeniidae.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: * '' Bembradium furici'' Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 * '' Bembradium magnoculum'' Kishimoto,

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Bembradium roseum ''Bembradium'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by th ...

'' C. H. Gilbert, 1905

Etymology

The genus name means “like ''

Bembras ''Bembras'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Bembras'' was first proposed as a monotypic genus i ...

''”, the type genus of Bembridae.

Characteristics

''Bembradium'' is diagnosed as a genus by the front part of the head behind very flattened, becoming less flattened to the rear. The lower jaw does not protrude. The suborbital ridge bears many spines. The origin of the pectoral fins is behind a vertical line through the origin of the pelvic fins. The lateral line runs through the centre of the flanks. The scales on the body are large. These are small fishes in which the maximum published standard length is around .

Distribution and habitat

''Bembradium'' deepwater flatheads are found in the Indo-Pacific region from the Andaman Sea to Hawaii. They are found in deep water.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1592803 Bembridae Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert