Wattsia
Wattsia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Spariformes |
Family: | Lethrinidae |
Genus: | Wattsia W. L. Y. Chan & Chilvers, 1974 |
Species: | W. mossambica
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Binomial name | |
Wattsia mossambica (
J. L. B. Smith , 1957) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Wattsia is a
Taxonomy
Wattsia was firs proposed as a monospecific genus by W. L. Y. Chan and Roy M. Chilvers in 1972, the only species they included in the new genus was Gnathodentex mossambicus. G. mossambica had been first formally
Etymology
Wattsia, the generic name, means "belonging to Watts" and honours J. C. D. Watts, a hydrogapher with the Fisheries Research Station in Hong Kong from 1969-1972. The specific name refers to the type locality.[5]
Description
Wattsia has a deep, approximately rhombus shaped body with its depth being about half of its
Distribution and habitat
Wattsia is found from the eastern African coast off Mozambique, the Seychelles, Maldives and Sri Lanka and into the Pacific Ocean east to Fiji and north to Japan, south to Australia. It is found on the outer limit of the continental shelf at depths between 100 and 180 m (330 and 590 ft), and has been caught at 290 m (950 ft).[1]
Fisheries
Wattsia is fished for wherever it occurs, mainly by longlining and bottom trawling, as well as handlining over deep slopes. It makes up more than 50% of the Lethrinidae landed in Melanesia.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Wattsia mosambica" in FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Wattsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- OL 25909650M.
- ^ "Order SPARIFORMES: Families LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-990951-32-9.
- ^ Kent E. Carpenter; Gerald R. Allen (1989). Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (Family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date (PDF). FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 9. FAO, Rome.
- ^ Bray, D.J. (2022). "Wattsia mossambica". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 2 December 2023.