This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Amaoka, Kunio, Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2022): Engyprosopon keliaoense, a new lefteye flounder (Teleostei: Bothidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189 (1): 222-232, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.20

Abstract

A new bothid flounder, Engyprosopon keliaoense sp. nov., is described on the basis of 4 specimens collected from off southwestern Taiwan. The new species belongs to these congeners with a pair of black botches on the caudal fin and is most similar to E. grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel). It can be separated from the latter by having smaller upper and lower eyes, narrower interorbital width, shorter pectoral fin on the ocular side, and more scales in the lateral line. Investigation on Rhombus grandisquama and its junior synonyms revealed that Rhombodoichthys spilurus Günther and Rhombus poecilurus Bleeker are retained as junior synonyms of E. grandisquama, whereas Rhombodoichthys spiniceps Macleay and Scaeops orbicularis Jordan & Seale are now excluded from the synonymy of E. grandisquama.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/72b6d661-489d-4101-b9e4-82130bbdb743
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/9A475A75FFEE9C1F0C1BFFF9F05FFF98
Citation: Amaoka K, Ho H, plazi (2022). Engyprosopon keliaoense, a new lefteye flounder (Teleostei: Bothidae) from Taiwan. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/njhtj5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.