Opistognathus pardus, a new species of jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3523 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
WILLIAM F. SMITH-VANIZ ◽  
K. K. BINEESH ◽  
K. V. AKHILESH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A new species of jawfish, Opistognathus pardus, is described based on a single specimen, 98.8 mm SL, recently collectedfrom the Western Indian Ocean off Quilon (Kerala), India. The combination of a rigid maxilla without flexible lamina pos-teriorly, a unique color pattern in which most of the head is covered with small, irregular-shaped, dark spots, dorsal-finrays XI, 11, and the outermost segmented pelvic-fin ray tightly bound to adjacent ray, with the interradial membrane notincised distally distinguishes the new species from other congeners. This is the fourth species of Opistognathus known from the coast of India or Sri Lanka. A range extension for O. macrolepis is also reported.

scholarly journals A new species of Microglanis(Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Goiás State, Central Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Akio Shibatta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Occipital Region ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A new species of Microglanis is described from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Barro Alto, Goiás State, Brazil. This species is distinguished from the others by presenting a unique color pattern, consisting of round spots in the flank between the larger dark brown blotches. Moreover, it can be distinguished by the combination of the following features: caudal fin emarginate, the upper lobe slightly larger than the lower, lateral line relatively long, reaching vertical through posterior margin of the pelvic fin, and light stripe on supra-occipital region absent or very narrow and with irregular shape.

scholarly journals Prognathodes geminus, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from Palau

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Copus ◽  
Richard L. Pyle ◽  
Brian D. Greene ◽  
John E. Randall
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Body Width ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the butterflyfish genus Prognathodes (Chaetodontidae) is described from two specimens collected at a depth of 116 m off Ngemelis Island, Palau. Prognathodesgeminussp. n. is similar to P.basabei Pyle & Kosaki, 2016 from the Hawaiian archipelago, and P.guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976) from the western Indian Ocean, but differs from these species in the number of soft dorsal-fin rays, size of head, body width, and body depth. There are also subtle differences in life color, and substantial differences in the mtDNA cytochrome oxidase I sequence (d ≈ 0.08). Although genetic comparisons with P.guezei are unavailable, it is expected that the genetic divergence between P.guezei and P.geminus will be even greater than that between P.geminus and P.basabei. It is named for the strikingly similar color pattern it shares with P.basabei.

scholarly journals Pseudomystus heokhuii, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sumatra (Teleostei: Bagridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1686 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
KELVIN K. P LIM ◽  
HEOK HEE NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
Orbital Margin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Pectoral Spine ◽  
Central Sumatra ◽  
A New Species

Pseudomystus heokhuii, a new species of bagrid catfish is described from highly acidic blackwater habitats in central Sumatra. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by its unique color pattern of a pale midlateral stripe and pale oblique bands on the sides of the body. It is most similar to, and can be found sympatrically with, P. leiacanthus, but can be further distinguished from it in having two (vs. one) dark narrow irregular bars on the caudal fin, longer pectoral spine (19.3–22.4% SL vs. 15.2–18.6), longer caudal fin (33.5–40.0% SL vs. 25.7–31.9) with pointed (vs. rounded) lobes, longer nasal and maxillary barbels (63.1–81.1% HL vs. 31.3–51.5 and 86.2–125.3% HL vs. 70.9–91.3 respectively; nasal barbel reaching to dorsal insertion of opercular flap vs. to just beyond posterior orbital margin and maxillary barbel reaching just beyond base of last pectoral-fin ray vs. to base of pectoral spine), a straight (vs. crescentic) premaxillary tooth patch, a more sharply tapering snout when viewed dorsally, and an even (vs. slightly convex) predorsal profile.

A new species of Trimma (Pisces: Gobiidae) from western Thailand, north-eastern Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4915 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-272
Author(s):  
RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Median Ridge ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A new species of Trimma is described from the islands just off the Thailand coast near Phuket. Trimma ukkriti n.sp. lacks scales on the cheek and opercle, but has ctenoid scales in the midline of the nape, has an elongate second spine of the first dorsal fin which reaches posteriorly to between the base of the spine and the base of the 4th ray of the second dorsal fin when adpressed, 19–20 pectoral-fin rays with 6–13 branched rays in the middle of the fin, an unbranched 5th pelvic-fin ray, which is 48–67% the length of the 4th ray, a U-shaped interorbital trench with no fleshy median ridge, a poorly developed postorbital trench ending at the 5th papilla in row p (which has 6 papillae in total), and row c beneath the eye consists of 6 papillae. When live and freshly collected, the species is very similar in appearance to T. okinawae and T. readerae, with orange to red spots on the head and body. 

scholarly journals A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo R. S. Melo ◽  
Bárbara B. Bouquerel ◽  
Flávia T. Masumoto ◽  
Rayane S. França ◽  
André L. Netto-Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Dorsal Midline ◽  
Single Row ◽  
The Third ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Vertical Bars ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of Characidium is described from the tributaries of the rio Tocantinzinho, rio Tocantins basin, located in the southern portion of the Chapada dos Veadeiros, at about 1,200 meters of elevation, Goiás, Brazil. The new species can be diagnosed by an unusual combination of two apomorphic features present in distinct clades of Characidium, the presence of a scaleless isthmus in allied to with a single row of dentary teeth. Additionally, the new species has a unique color pattern of inconspicuous vertical bars disconnected from the dorsal midline, forming seven to nine square blotches along body sides, and the presence of a dark saddle-shaped mark at the dorsal-fin base. Osteologically, it can be diagnosed by having the first and second anal-fin proximal radials fused and contacting the third hemal spine, which is branched. The new species also has a peculiar, unusual variation of fin-ray counts among its congeners.

A new species of the gobiid fish Trimma from the Western Pacific and Northern Indian Ocean coral reefs, with a description of its osteology

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Northern Indian Ocean ◽  
Gobiid Fish ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A new species of the genus Trimma is described. Trimma annosum is characterized by the presence of scales in the predorsal midline, non-elongate spines in the first dorsal fin, and a moderate interorbital trench. The fifth pelvic-fin ray is branched dichotomously once and is 40-65% the length of the fourth. When alive, Trimma annosum is bluish grey with 3 or 4 rows of large yellow blotches on the head and body. In addition to the northern Indian Ocean where it is apparently rare, the species is distributed eastward throughout Indonesia and the Philippines to China, Micronesia and Fiji. The osteology of this species is described and illustrated in some detail to form the basis for a series of phylogenetic studies of Trimma currently being undertaken.

A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3107 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAHIRO YAMASHITA ◽  
DANIEL GOLANI ◽  
HIROYUKI MOTOMURA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Southern Japan ◽  
Lower Count ◽  
A New Species

A new species of goatfish, Upeneus itoui, is described on the basis of 67 specimens collected from southern Japan at depths of less than 40 m. Upeneus itoui is most similar to the western Indian Ocean species, U. pori. The caudal-fin color pattern in fresh and preserved specimens of the two species is identical. However, U. itoui differs from U. pori in having less head and body depths, wider barbels, and a lower count of gill rakers.

scholarly journals Microglanis carlae, a new species of bumblebee catfish (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the río Paraguay basin in Paraguay

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor S. Vera Alcaraz ◽  
Weferson J. da Graça ◽  
Oscar A. Shibatta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Pectoral Spine ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
A New Species

Microglanis carlae, new species, is described from the río Paraguay basin and distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: paired and anal fins mottled or with thin faint bands, trunk with dark-brown saddles, anterior margin of pectoral spine with serrations retrorse proximally and antrorse distally, tip of pectoral spine as a distinct bony point, continuous portion of lateral line reaching vertical through last dorsal-fin ray, caudal peduncle with irregularly shaped, faint to dark blotch, maxillary barbel surpassing vertical through dorsal-spine origin, and dark bar on posterior flank continuous from base of adipose fin to that of anal fin. The new species is included in the Microglanis parahybae species complex on the basis of color pattern.

Callogobius winterbottomi, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3630 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAOMI R. DELVENTHAL ◽  
RANDALL D. MOOI
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Additional Specimen ◽  
Group A ◽  
Urogenital Papilla ◽  
A New Species

Callogobius winterbottomi new species is described from the 33.8 mm SL holotype and two paratypes (32.2 mm SL and 22.9 mm SL) from the Comoros, Western Indian Ocean. It is distinguished from all other known Callogobius species by the following combination of characters: sensory pores absent, 23–26 scales in lateral series, and sensory papillae pre-opercular row not continuous with transverse opercular row. One additional specimen of Callogobius winterbottomi was located from South Africa. A new standardized naming system for Callogobius sensory papillae rows is presented for identification and clarification of character states among Callogobius species. The new species is tentatively placed among what we term the “sclateri group”, a clade including C. sclateri (Steindachner) and three other species that exhibit a modified female urogenital papilla with lateral distal flaps and elongate ctenii on the caudal peduncle scales. Callogobius tutuilae (Jordan & Seale) is removed from synonymy with C. sclateri because it has partially united pelvic fins (vs separate) and the preopercular sensory papillae row is continuous with the transverse opercular row (vs separate).

scholarly journals A new species of Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Uruguai basin, southern Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano Ferrer ◽  
Laura M. Donin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Unique Color ◽  
Pampa Biome ◽  
Genetic Sequences ◽  
A New Species

ABSTRACT A new species of Ituglanis associated to the grasslands of the Pampa biome is described from the rio Uruguai basin, southern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the low number of ribs and by a unique color pattern composed of an outer layer with scattered round black blotches equivalent in size to the eye circumference over a reddish brown background on the lateral surface of the body. We provide the genetic sequences of the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome c Oxydase subunit I (COI) for three of the paratypes and discuss aspects about the recent discovery of the new species.

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