Bembras
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| Bembras | |
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| Bembras japonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Bembridae |
| Genus: | Bembras G. Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Bembras japonicus Cuvier, 1829[1] | |
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.
Bembras was first proposed as a monotypic genus in 1829 by the French zoologist George Cuvier when he described Bembras japonica from Japan.[1][2] Cuvier did not explain the etymology of Bembras, however, it is thought that it may come from an ancient Greek word for some sort of small fish, such as anchovy, sprat or smelt. which at least dates as far back as Aristotle. Cuvier applied this type of name to other genera he put forward, such as Synodontis, Salanx or Premnas.[3]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[4][2]
- Bembras adenensis Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 1997
- Bembras andamanensis Imamura, Psomadakis & Thein, 2018
- Bembras japonica G. Cuvier, 1829
- Bembras leslieknappi Imamura, Psomadakis & Thein, 2018
- Bembras longipinnis Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 1998 (Longfin flathead)
- Bembras macrolepis Imamura, 1998 (Bigscale flathead)
- Bembras megacephala Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 1998 (Greenspotted flathead)