Author: Fraser-Brunner,1940

Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner,1940

Diagnosis: dorsal finrays I + 30-33; anal finrays 30-33. Colour: grey-brown or greenish, with brown spots and lines; adults with pale lines on sides, enclosing dark lozenge-shaped areas; caudal with 2 dark bands. Size: about 25 cm SL.

Distribution: immigrated through Suez Canal into eastern and central Mediterranean, reaching Tunis and southern Italy. Elsewhere, Red Sea ; and Arabian Gulf.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Tetraodontiformes
Suborder Balistoidei
Family Monacanthidae
Genus Stephanolepis
Species Stephanolepis diaspros

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940

Scientific synonyms and common names

Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner,1940

Synonyms:

Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11) 5: 528, fig. 4 ('Persian Gulf'). Holotype: BMNH no. 1888.12.9.204; paratypes: BMNH no. 1887.11.11.344-6.
Stephanolepis ocheticus Fraser-Brunner, 1940, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11) 5: 529, fig. 5 (Ismailia).
Stephanolepis ocheticus: Tortonese, 1947: 186, fig. 9 Ben-Tuvia, 1953: 32, fig. 19.
Stephanolepis weberi Fowler & Steinitz, 1956, Bull. Res. Counc. Israel, 5B: 287, fig. 32 (Haifa).
Stephanolepis diaspros: Ben-Tuvia, 1966: 267 Tortonese, 1967: 1, fig. Ben-Tuvia, 1971: 26, 34.

Common names:

none.

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1953b. New Erythrean Fishes from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Nature, Lond., 172: 464 pp.

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1966. Red Sea fishes recently found in the Mediterranean. Copeia, (2): pp. 254-275, 2 fig.

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1971b. Revised list of the Mediterranean Fishes of Israel. Israel J. Zool., 20: pp. 1-39.

Fowler, H. W.; Steinitz, H. 1956. Fishes from Cyprus, Iran, Israel and Oman. Bull. Res. Coun. Israel, 5 (3-4): pp. 260-292, 33 fig.

Fraser-Brunner, A. 1940. Notes on the Plectognath Fishes. III. On Monacanthus setifer, etc. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11)5: pp. 518-535, 7 fig.

Tortonese, E. 1947. Ricerche zoologiche nell'isola di Rodi (Mar Egeo). Pesci. Boll. Pesca Piscic. Idrobiol., Roma, (n.s.) 23 (2): pp. 143-192, 9 fig.

Tortonese, E. 1966. Presenza di Callionymus Iyra (L.) nel Golfo di Genvova. Doriana, 4 (167): pp. 1-3.

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