scholarly journals First record of Kentrocapros rosapinto (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Vema Seamount (south-east Atlantic)

Author(s):  
A. Armesto ◽  
R. Bañón ◽  
D. Garabana ◽  
P. Durán

The capture of a specimen of Kentrocapros rosapinto at Vema Seamount in the south-east Atlantic Ocean is reported as the first record of this species in the Atlantic Ocean. This species was previously known only from the western Indian Ocean.

2016 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 263-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alin C. Dirtu ◽  
Govindan Malarvannan ◽  
Krishna Das ◽  
Violaine Dulau-Drouot ◽  
Jeremy J. Kiszka ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-268
Author(s):  
Clare A. Keating Daly ◽  
Danielle Orrell ◽  
Isabel M. da Silva ◽  
João P. F. Macuio ◽  
Tessa N. Hempton ◽  
...  

This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found attached externally between the third and fourth gill slits of a shark captured off Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, northern Mozambique. 


2006 ◽  
Vol 245 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
André C. Morandini ◽  
Sérgio N. Stampar ◽  
Fábio L. da Silveira

2019 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 102161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavanee Annasawmy ◽  
Jean-François Ternon ◽  
Pascal Cotel ◽  
Yves Cherel ◽  
Evgeny V. Romanov ◽  
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Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENNY KWOK KAN CHAN ◽  
CHIH-HSIUNG HSU ◽  
PEI-CHEN TSAI

In Madagascan waters, both Tetraclita rufotincta Pilsbry 1916 and T. africana Ren 1989 have been reported. Tetraclita rufotincta is more widely distributed than T. africana, extending to the western Indian Ocean and east Africa. Tetraclita africana is reported from Madagascar and no further distribution record has been made apart from its type locality. Both species have pink parietes and are similar in size, which could lead to identification confusion. In this study, we revealed that T. africana differed from T. rufotincta in having multicuspidate setae on cirrus III, a feature that can be observed with both light microscopy and SEM. Additionally, the tergum of T. africana has a rounded spur and a larger basi-scutal angle than that of T. rufotincta. However, since the name Tetraclita africana has been pre-occupied under the name Tesseropora (Tetraclita) wireni africana Nilsson-Cantell, 1932, we, therefore, propose herein a replacement name, Tetraclita reni nom. nov. Based on museum specimens examined, Tetraclita reni nom. nov. is present in northeastern and southern Madagascar and Mauritius but absent from Yemen, Kenya, South Africa, Aldabra and northwestern Madagascar, suggesting the distribution of T. reni nom. nov. could be confined to the south and northeast of Madagascar and adjacent waters.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3550 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANZ UIBLEIN ◽  
MARK MCGROUTHER

Upeneus stenopsis n. sp. is described based on four specimens collected off northern Australia and Quezon Island,Philippines, at depths between 165 to 275 m and compared with four closely related species: the deep-water dwellingUpeneus davidaromi (Red Sea) and U. mascareinsis (Western Indian Ocean) and the shallow Indo-West Pacific species,U. subvittatus and U. vittatus. The new species can be distinguished from all other Upeneus species by a narrow caudalpeduncle and a combination of morphometric and meristic characters. This is the first record of a deep-water goatfish ofthe genus Upeneus from the Pacific. A juvenile Upeneus collected off Quezon at 127–142 m depth was also assigned tothe new species and compared to four similar-sized (69–79 mm SL) specimens of U. mascareinsis. A diagnosis is providedfor U. subvittatus, along with evidence of its occurrence in the Eastern Indian Ocean and interspecific comparisons. Thecontinued need to screen scientific fish collections for the occurrence of undescribed species that have successfully colonized and adapted to the depth zone surrounding the ocean margin is outlined.


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