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'''''Bembradium''''' [[genus]] of marine [[ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Bembridae]], the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the western [[Pacific Ocean]].
'''''Bembradium''''' [[genus]] of marine [[ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Bembridae]], the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the western [[Pacific Ocean]].

==Taxonomy==
''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert in 1905 when he [[Species description|described]] the new species, ''Bembradium roseum'', from the [[Pailolo channel]] in the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. He designated his new species as the [[type species]] of the new monotypic genus. Subsequently the French ichthyologists Pierre Fourmanoir nd Jacques Rivaton described a second species, ''B. furici'', from the [[Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)|Isle of Pines]] in the [[Province Sud]] on [[Grande Terre (New Caledonia)|Grande Terre]] in [[New Caledonia]].<ref name = CofF/><ref name = CofF2>{{Cogf genus|genus=Nembradium|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> The genus is classified within the family Benbridae, the deep water flatheads.<ref name == Fishbase/>


==Species==
==Species==

Revision as of 18:25, 30 June 2022

Bembradium
B. roseum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Bembridae
Genus: Bembradium
C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Type species
Bembradium roseum
Gilbert, 1905[1]

Bembradium genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the western Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Bembradium was first proposed as a genus by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert in 1905 when he described the new species, Bembradium roseum, from the Pailolo channel in the Hawaiian Islands. He designated his new species as the type species of the new monotypic genus. Subsequently the French ichthyologists Pierre Fourmanoir nd Jacques Rivaton described a second species, B. furici, from the Isle of Pines in the Province Sud on Grande Terre in New Caledonia.[1][2] The genus is classified within the family Benbridae, the deep water flatheads.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bembridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ Template:Cogf genus
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Bembradium in FishBase. February 2022 version.