New Zealand flathead
| New Zealand flathead | |
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| Type specimen from the collections of Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Genus: | Bembrops |
| Species: | B. morelandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bembrops morelandi J. S. Nelson, 1978
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The New Zealand flathead, Bembrops morelandi, is a duckbill fish of the family Percophidae, subfamily Bembropinae, found only around New Zealand, at depths between 365 and 395 m. Their length is up to 20 cm.
Etymology
[edit]The flathead is named in honor of John “Jock” Munne Moreland (1921-2012), who was the Curator of Ichthyology and Herpetology at the National Museum of New Zealand, because of his contribution to the study of the fishes of New Zealand.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder BEMBROPOIDEI: Family BEMBROPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bembrops morelandi". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8