Onigocia

Onigocia is a genus of fish in the family of Platycephalidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Onigocia
Onigocia spinosa
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Onigocia

Type species
Platycephalus macrolepis
Bleeker, 1854

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Onigocia bimaculata L. W. Knapp, Imamura & Sakashita, 2000Two-spotted flatheadIndo-Pacific: Known from the Gulf of Aqaba, Comoro Islands and Mauritius to southern Japan, the Philippines, Caroline Islands, northeastern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, American Samoa and the Society Islands.
Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908) [1]Indo-West Pacific: Amirante Islands (Seychelles) and the Gulf of Thailand.
Onigocia lacrimalis Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 2009Smooth-snout flatheadPacific South West: currently known only from the Chesterfield Islands, Coral Sea, and northern Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea.
Onigocia macrocephala (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)Southern notched flathead [2]In Australia, recorded from about Exmouth (Western Australia) to the English Company Islands (Northern Territory). Elsewhere in the South China Sea - Vietnam, The Philippines, China, north of Waigeo, the Bali Sea and the Timor Sea.
Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854)Notched flatheadIndo-West Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, northwest shelf of Australia and Andaman Sea.
Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908)Large-scale flatheadIndo-West Pacific: three known specimens from Natal, South Africa; also from north and northwestern Australia, and possibly extending to western Papua New Guinea. Reported from Samoa
Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908)Broad-band flatheadIndo-West Pacific: widespread, from off Natal, South Africa to Karachi, Maldives, South China Sea, Philippines, Irian Barat (Teluk Berau), Northwest Shelf of Australia, Timor and Arafura seas, Great Barrier Reef, Guadalcanal and Tonga.
Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011 [3]Indo-West Pacific: . Known from the Ceram, Arafura, Timor and Coral seas.
Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)Midget flatheadWestern Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, northwest shelf of Australia through Timor and Arafura seas.

References

  1. Imamura, H. (2016): Rediagnosis of Onigocia grandisquama (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Platycephalidae) and Comparison with Congeners. Species Diversity, 21 (2): 151–159.
  2. Imamura, H. (2012): Validity and redescription of the flathead fish, Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3450: 23–32.
  3. Imamura, H. (2011): Onigocia sibogae, a replacement name for a distinct species of flathead fish, Platycephalus grandisquamis Weber, 1913 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3066: 52–60.


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