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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percophidae Duckbills
Subfamily: Bembropinae
Genus: Bembrops

(See list of species below)


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17 species (see list below)

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Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Bembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Bembrops anatirostris
[Duckbill flathead]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 16.4 cm SL
 
Bembrops cadenati
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 24.1 cm TL
Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Bembrops caudimacula
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm SL
Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952

Photo by CSIRO
 
Bembrops curvatura
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 22 cm SL
Bembrops filiferus Gilbert, 1905

Photo by CSIRO
 
Bembrops filiferus
[Sharpnosed duckbill]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Bembrops gobioides (Goode, 1880)

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Bembrops gobioides
[Goby flathead]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Bembrops greyi Poll, 1959

Photo by FAO
 
Bembrops greyi
[Roundtail duckbill]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 28 cm TL
Bembrops heterurus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Bembrops heterurus
[Squaretail duckbill]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 23.2 cm SL
 
Bembrops macromma
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm SL
 
Bembrops magnisquamis
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 20.7 cm SL
 
Bembrops morelandi
[Flathead]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Bembrops nelsoni
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 18.5 cm TL
 
Bembrops nematopterus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 18.8 cm SL
 
Bembrops ocellatus
[Ocellate duckbill]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Bembrops platyrhynchus
[Natal duckbill]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 23.1 cm SL
 
Bembrops quadrisella
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 17.6 cm SL
 
Bembrops raneyi
[Bahama duckbill]
17 Species of Family Percophidae with Genus Bembrops
(Duckbills)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1955 Bembrops anatirostris Duckbill flathead Western Atlantic 35 TL
1996 Bembrops cadenati Eastern Atlantic 16.4 SL
1876 Bembrops caudimacula Indo-West Pacific 24.1 TL
1952 Bembrops curvatura Indo-West Pacific 16 SL
1905 Bembrops filiferus Sharpnosed duckbill Pacific Ocean 22 SL
1880 Bembrops gobioides Goby flathead Western Atlantic 30 TL
1959 Bembrops greyi Roundtail duckbill Eastern Atlantic 25 TL
1903 Bembrops heterurus Squaretail duckbill Western Atlantic 28 TL
1955 Bembrops macromma Western Central Atlantic 23.2 SL
1955 Bembrops magnisquamis Western Central Pacific 10.5 SL
1978 Bembrops morelandi Flathead Southwest Pacific 20.7 SL
2002 Bembrops nelsoni Western Central Pacific
1939 Bembrops nematopterus Western Indian Ocean 18.5 TL
1998 Bembrops ocellatus Ocellate duckbill Western Central Atlantic 18.8 SL
1894 Bembrops platyrhynchus Natal duckbill Indo-West Pacific 25 TL
1998 Bembrops quadrisella Western Central Atlantic 23.1 SL
1998 Bembrops raneyi Bahama duckbill Western Central Atlantic 17.6 SL



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