Lepidotrigla kishinouyi

Lepidotrigla kishinouyi, the devil sea robin, is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Lepidotrigla kishinouyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Lepidotrigla
Species:
L. kishinouyi
Binomial name
Lepidotrigla kishinouyi
Snyder, 1911

Taxonomy

Lepidotrigla kishinouyi was first formally described in 1911 by the American ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder with its type locality given as Kagoshima in Japan.[2] The specific name honours Kamakichi Kishinouye, who was head of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau of Japan.[3]

Description

Lepidotrigla kishinouyi has 8 or 9 spines in its first dorsal fin and both the second dorsal fin and the anal fin] have from 14-16 soft rays while there are 14 soft rays on the pectoral fins. The projection from the snout is created from a single large outer spine and several shorter inner spines. There is a large blackish-blue blotchmarked with scattered small whitish spotson the lower half of the inner pectoral fin.[4] The maximum published total length of this species is 20 cm (7.9 in).[5]

Distribution and habitat

Lepidotrigla kishinouyi is found in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from the Sea of Japan to the East China Sea south of the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan south to the coastal waters of Taiwan.[1] This is a demersal fish found on sandy-mud substrates at depths between 40 and 140 m (130 and 460 ft).[5]

Conservation status

Lepidotrigla kishinouyi has been by the IUCN assessed as Least Concern. It is not a deliberate quarry for any fishereis, although it mat be caught as bycatch by commercial fisheries in the East China Sea and it not known if this bycatch forms a major threat to this species< However this fish has a relatively large range and deep dwelling habits fishing bycatch may not be a serious threat to this species.[1]

References
  1. Murdy, E. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Lepidotrigla kishinouyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155049A115264527. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155049A4715210.en. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidotrigla". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (19 June 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 12): Suborder Triglioidei: Families Triglidae and Peristediidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. "Lepidotrigla kishinouyi". Fishes of Taiwan. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Lepidotrigla kishinouyi" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
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