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Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp & Imamura, 2004

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp & Imamura, 2004
Name authority
Knapp & Imamura, 2004
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Platycephalidae
Genus
Sunagocia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderScorpaenoidei
  12. familyPlatycephalidae Swainson, 1839
  13. genusSunagocia Imamura, 2003
  14. speciesSunagocia sainsburyi Knapp & Imamura, 2004

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Sunagocia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sunagocia arenicola (Schultz, 1966)PlatycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833)PlatycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829)PlatycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 78 records assigned to Platycephalidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Knapp, I. (2004). Sunagocia sainsburyi, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from northwestern Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:53G2C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.