scholarly journals Saurida golanii, a new deep water lizardfish (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3098 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARRY C. RUSSELL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Transverse Scale ◽  
Northern Red Sea

Saurida golanii sp.nov. is described on the basis of eight specimens collected from bottom-set trammel nets in deep water (200–500 m) off Eilat, in the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. The new species is characterised by the following combination of characters: lateral-line scales 53–56; transverse scale rows 4½/5½; long pectoral fins (extending beyond a line from origin of pelvic fins to origin of dorsal fin); caudal peduncle compressed (depth greater than width); and pelvic fins unpigmented.

scholarly journals Scorpaena decemradiata new species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, a species distinct from Scorpaena porcus

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Ronald Fricke ◽  
Daniel Golani ◽  
Brenda Appelbaum-Golani ◽  
Uwe Zajonz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Northern Red Sea ◽  
Scorpaena Porcus

The scorpionfish Scorpaena decemradiata n. sp. is described from off the coast of Israel in the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. The new species is similar to S. porcus Linnaeus, 1758, but is characterized by dorsal fin spines XII, soft dorsal fin rays 10 (the last divided at base); pectoral fin rays 16, uppermost branched pectoral fin ray is the second; lacrimal with 2 spines over maxilla that point at nearly right angle from each other, the posterior pointing ventrally and slightly anteriorly; occipital pit well developed; anteriormost mandibular lateral-line pores small, separated; scales ctenoid; 59-62 scale rows in longitudinal series; scales absent on chest and pectoral fin base; and cirri developed over entire head and body, but no cirri on lower jaw. An updated checklist of the species of the genus Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758 and a key to the species of the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea are presented.

Salmo tigridis, a new species of trout from the Tigris River, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae) DAVUT TURAN (Turkey), MAURICE KOTTELAT (Switzerland) & YUSUF BEKTAŞ (Turkey)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2993 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVUT TURAN ◽  
MAURICE KOTTELAT ◽  
YUSUF BEKTAŞ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
The Other ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Tigris River ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
A New Species

Salmo tigridis, new species, from the Tigris River drainage, Turkey, is distinguished from the other species of Salmo in Turkey and adjacent basins by having a greater number of scale rows between the end of the adipose-fin base and lateral line (19–20, vs. 12–17); a greater number of scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line (32–35, vs. 23–32); and a deeper and stouter caudal peduncle (its depth 11.5–12.6 % SL, vs. 9.3–11.5, except in S. cf. macrostigma).

Nandus prolixus, a new species of leaf fish from northeastern Borneo (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1328 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
PROSANTA CHAKRABARTY ◽  
RONALD G. OLDFIELD ◽  
HEOK H. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

Nandus prolixus sp. nov. is described from the Sepilok River drainage in Sabah, northeastern Borneo. This species is distinguished from its only Sundaic southeastern Asian congener, N. nebulosus, in having a longer, more produced snout (25.7–30.6% HL vs. 18.5–26.1), more lateralline scales (33–37 vs. 24–34), more scales below the lateral line (12 vs. 10–11), fewer spines in the dorsal fin (XIV vs. XV–XVI), and fewer pectoral-fin rays (15–16 vs. 17–19). It differs from N. nandus (from India) in having fewer lateral-line scales (33–37 vs. 42–55), fewer scales above the lateral line (4–5 vs. 6–7), fewer scales below the lateral line (12 vs. 14–18), more dorsal spines (XIV vs. XII–XIII), and the absence (vs. presence) of a distinct dark spot at the base of the caudal peduncle. It differs from N. oxyrhynchus (from mainland southeastern Asia) in having a more slender body (body depth 37.6–40.5% SL vs. 41.3–44.1) and a less steeply sloping predorsal profile.

Amphimedon species (Porifera: Niphatidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea: Filling the gaps in the distribution of a common pantropical genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 859 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAMER HELMY ◽  
ROB W.M. VAN SOEST
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
The Status ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Northern Red Sea

Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae), a pantropical genus of reef and mangrove sponges, was recently recorded for the first time from the Red Sea suggesting a rarity which is not sustained by new reef surveys in the Gulf of Aqaba. Here we describe four species of Amphimedon occurring commonly in the Gulf of Aqaba. Among these, three are new to science, A. dinae sp.nov., A. jalae sp.nov. and A. hamadai sp.nov., the fourth one has been recently described as A. chloros Ilan et al., 2004. Although the latter species and our three new species are the first definite Ampimedon species recorded from the Red Sea, at least one previously described sponge from the region, Ceraochalina ochracea Keller, 1889 is suspected to belong to this genus as well. The status of the described and suspected Red Sea Amphimedon is discussed and compared to species recorded from neighbouring Indian Ocean waters.

scholarly journals Astyanaxelachylepis, a new characid fish from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinicius A. Bertaco ◽  
Paulo H. F. Lucinda
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Maxillary Tooth ◽  
Fin Rays

A new characid species, Astyanax elachylepis, is described from the rio Tocantins drainage. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by possessing 48-53 perforated scales along the lateral line, a large caudal-peduncle spot, the presence of bony hooks on dorsal, anal, pelvic, and pectoral fins of males, one or two vertically-elongated humeral spots, one maxillary tooth, and 22-27 branched anal-fin rays.

A new species of Microschemobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu basin, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (2) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
WILLIAN M. OHARA ◽  
FERNADO C. JEREP ◽  
MARCEL R. CAVALLARO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Dark Stripe ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Microschemobrycon with a restricted distribution was recently discovered in the Rio Curuá, Rio Xingu basin, Pará, Brazil. Microschemobrycon cryptogrammus new species can be promptly distinguished from all congeners by the presence of a rounded, dark, conspicuous caudal-peduncle blotch and by a subjacent dark midlateral stripe visible in life. Additionally, the new species can be distinguished from all its congeners, except M. elongatus, by the presence of a longitudinal dark stripe along the lower jaw. The new species can be distinguished from M. elongatus by presenting lateral line with 36–38 pored scales, anterior and posterior nostrils coalescend, dark chromatophores concentrated along the ventral margin of the caudal peduncle and by the presence in life of a dark spot at the base of the dorsal-fin origin. 

2. Observations on a New Species of British Gurnard, and on a Species of Sole new to Science

1845 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 157-158
Author(s):  
Richard Parnell
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Free Margin ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Dark Blue ◽  
A New Species

The author obtained, in the early part of last September, at Brixham, in Devonshire, seven specimens of a species of Gurnard, which has been known for thirty years past to the fishermen there under the name of Finned Captains. This he ascertained to be the Trigla lucerna of Brunner. The species is known as an inhabitant of the Mediterranean, where it was first noticed by Rondeletius, but mistaken by him for the T. cuculus of Linnæus. Since then, Brunner noticed it at Marseilles, Risso at Nice, Leach at Malta, and Cuvier at Naples; but it had not been previously observed by any naturalist on the British coasts. The largest specimen obtained by the author is 10½ inches long. The back is light red, the pectoral fins dark blue, the sides marked by a silvery band from the gill-cover to the tail; the lateral line smooth, and formed by numerous semicircular plates, beautifully radiated at their free margin ; the scales thin, large, and entire; the second ray of the first dorsal fin very long, so as to reach, when folded down, beyond the sixth ray of the second dorsal fin. (See Plate.)

scholarly journals New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinicius A Bertaco ◽  
Fernando C Jerep ◽  
Fernando R Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays

Moenkhausia dasalmas is described from the upper rio Tocantins basin, in the Chapada dos Veadeiros region, Goiás State, Central Brazil. The new species differs from all congeners by the presence of iii,9 rays in the dorsal fin. It can also be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of two humeral spots (first one vertically elongate and second one faint), by the number of branched anal-fin rays (17-19), lateral line scales (36-37), maxillary teeth (4-5), and a vertical dark spot in the caudal peduncle end.

On the genus Spirobranchus (Annelida, Serpulidae) from the northern Red Sea, and a description of a new species

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orly Perry ◽  
Omri Bronstein ◽  
Noa Simon-Blecher ◽  
Ayelet Atkins ◽  
Elena Kupriyanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Christmas Tree ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
Morphological Evaluation ◽  
Multigene Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Northern Red Sea ◽  
A New Species

Species of the genus Spirobranchus, commonly known as Christmas tree worms, are abundant throughout tropical Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Information on the species inhabiting the Red Sea in general and the Gulf of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) in particular, has so far been very limited. Here we present a multigene phylogenetic analysis, examining both mitochondrial (Cyt-b) and nuclear (ITS2 and 18S) markers, to support the presence of four distinct Spirobranchus species in the Gulf of Eilat: S. corniculatus (including three taxa previously regarded as full species: S. gaymardi, S. cruciger, and S. corniculatus), S. cf. tetraceros, S. gardineri and a new species Spirobranchus aloni, likely endemic to the Red Sea (including two morphotypes with slightly different opercular morphology). The results presented here emphasise that the combination of molecular and in-depth morphological evaluation holds great prospects for a better understanding of species divergence and relationships.

Porifera, one new species Suberea purpureaflava n. sp. (Demospongiae, Verongida, Aplysinellidae) from northern Red Sea coral reefs, with short descriptions of Red Sea Verongida and known Suberea species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2994 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHEN GUGEL ◽  
MARIT WAGLER ◽  
FRANZ Brümmer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Colour Change ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Light Yellow ◽  
Dark Violet ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Northern Red Sea

A new verongid sponge (Suberea purpureaflava n. sp.) is described from Dahab, Gulf of Aqaba, in the northern Red Sea. It has a pronounced colour change (a dark red ectosome with whitish pore sieves and a light yellow choanosome in the living specimen changes to a uniform dark violet in the fixed state) and rather rare dendritic fibres with pith and bark and a diameter of about 110–165µm, with the pith occupying 80–90 % of the fibre. Especially the pore sieves were very striking in situ. The new species is compared to all verongid sponges so far recorded from the Red Sea and to all known and accepted Suberea species worldwide. An identification key to all known Suberea species is given. This new species record brings the number of Suberea species described to a total of 11.

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