Parabembras multisquamata
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| Parabembras multisquamata | |
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| Lateral view of the three species of Parabembras; A P. curta, FAKU 41447, 143.5 mm SL B P. robinsoni, NSMT-P 129791, 165.1 mm SL C P. multisquamata, holotype, MNHN-IC-2008-1516, 167.3 mm SL. White line indicates anus. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Bembridae |
| Genus: | Parabembras |
| Species: | P. multisquamata |
| Binomial name | |
| Parabembras multisquamata | |
Parabembras multisquamata, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. It is found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean.
Parabembras multisquamata was first formally described in 2018 by Yoshiaki Kai and Ronald Fricke with the type locality given as Big Bay on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu.[1] Fricke first reported this species in Papua New Guinea in 2015 and this specimen is now one of the paratypes of this species. The genus Parabembras is sufficiently different from the other genera in that family to be classified as their own family, Parabembradidae, by some authorities.[2] The specific name multisquamata is a combination of multi, which means "many", and squamatus, meaning "scaled", a reference to the high number, i.e. 40-44, of pored scales in the lateral-line.[3]