First Southern Hemisphere record of the longnosed stargazer, Ichthyscopus lebeck (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Uranoscopidae)

Gino V. Limmon; Kunto Wibowo; Teguh Peristiwady; Ruby V. Kusumah; Muhammad Afrisal

First Southern Hemisphere record of the longnosed stargazer, Ichthyscopus lebeck (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Uranoscopidae)

2024

Gino V. Limmon | Kunto Wibowo | Teguh Peristiwady | Ruby V. Kusumah | Muhammad Afrisal

Two specimens (290.2 and 309.5 mm in standard length) of the longnosed stargazer, Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch et Schneider, 1801), were recently collected from Jakarta Bay, Jakarta, Indonesia. Described more than two centuries ago, I. lebeck has hitherto been documented exclusively from the Northern Hemisphere, encompassing the Arabian Sea, southern coastal India, the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, and Singapore. The present paper documents the first record of the species in the Southern Hemisphere. Detailed descriptions of these specimens are provided, contributing valuable insights into the characteristics of I. lebeck in the newly reported locality.

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