Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Largescaled flounder; ƛâẽüľ

Tables 7–8

Rhombus grandisquama Temminck & Schlegel, 1846:183, figs. 3–4 (Type locality: southern Japan).

Synonymy as shown in Amaoka & Ho (2018).

Specimens examined. As listed in Amaoka & Ho (2018). Also other specimens in NMMB-P collection.

Diagnostic features. D 81–87; A 61–65; P 10–12; C 3+11+3=17; LLs 40–45; GR 0+5–7=5–7; vert. 10+24=34. Body deeply ovoid; caudal fin with a pair of black blotches, arranged between the third and fourth fin rays from upper- and lowermost rays in the fin; pectoral fin on ocular side not elongate, and without sexual differences in its length; gill rakers very short, not serrate.

Size. Reaching 83 mm SL in Taiwan; up to 122 mm SL in southern Japan (Amaoka, 1969).

Distribution. Northeastern, western and southwestern Taiwan; widespread in Indian and Pacific oceans (Amaoka & Ho, 2018).