scholarly journals Review of Red Sea Xenisthmus Snyder (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4286 (2) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHONY C. GILL ◽  
SERGEY V. BOGORODSKY ◽  
AHMAD O. MAL
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
A New Species

Three species of the xenisthmid genus Xenisthmus Snyder are recorded from the Red Sea. Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger), the only described species previously known from the Red Sea, is reported on the basis of eight specimens from Egypt, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia. Xenisthmus oligoporus new species is described from four specimens, 17.7–25.0 mm SL, from Sudan and Saudi Arabia. It is distinguished from all other congeners in having a reduced number of cephalic sensory pores and 14–15 segmented rays in the second dorsal fin. Xenisthmus balius Gill & Randall is newly recorded from the Red Sea on the basis of 13 specimens from Eritrea, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The new specimens of this species are described and compared with previously known specimens, the holotype and eight paratypes from the Arabian (= Persian) Gulf. All three species are described in detail and illustrated with colour photographs. An identification key to the species is also provided. 

Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-394
Author(s):  
MAZAHER ZAMANI-FARADONBE ◽  
E. ZHANG ◽  
YAZDAN KEIVANY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Mtdna Coi ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

Garra hormuzensis, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf basin by having 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays, usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays, the breast, belly and back in front of the dorsal-fin origin covered by scales, and a free lateral and posterior margins of the gular disc. It is further characterised by having a minimum K2P distance of 1.16% to G. mondica in the mtDNA COI barcode region.  

Nephtyidae (Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from the Red Sea, with record of a new species

2017 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ravara ◽  
S. Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
West Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
The West ◽  
Bathymetric Range ◽  
Current Finding ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Six nephtyid species were identified from samples collected off the west coast of Saudi Arabia. Two of these species had been previously reported for the Red Sea (Inermonephtys aff. inermis, Nephtys palatii), three are new records (Aglaophamus lobatus, A. cf. verrilli, Micronephthys stammeri) and one is new to science (Inermonephtys aramco). Inermonephtys aramco was collected in the southern region of the Red Sea at depths between 60 and 83 m. It is characterized by the presence of branchiae from chaetiger 15 or 16, well-developed parapodial prechaetal lamellae, broadly rounded notopodial postchaetal lamellae and rudimentary neuropodial postchaetal lamellae. The species Nephtys palatii is transferred to the genus Micronephthys. Based on the current finding, the previously known bathymetric range of Micronephthys stammeri is extended from 4–7 to 17 m, and occurrence depths for N. palatii are given for the first time (4–90 m). Full descriptions are included for all species except M. stammeri. An identification key for all the species known to occur in the Red Sea is provided.

A new species of Schizophrys (Majoidea: Majidae: Majinae) from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, with description of its first zoea

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1163-1169
Author(s):  
Ali M. Al-Aidaroos ◽  
A. A. J. Kumar ◽  
Ahmed E. Al-Haj ◽  
Moritz Sonnewald
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Sea Coast

One new species of a new genus, Kuwaitupogebia gen. nov., in a new family, Kuwaitupogebiidae fam. nov., from Kuwait, and two new species of the genus Upogebia from the Red Sea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea)

Crustaceana ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1221-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsushi Sakai ◽  
Michael Türkay ◽  
Ali Al Aidaroos
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
New Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The infraorder Thalassinidea Latreille, 1831 [sensu stricto] includes three families: Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831; Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903; and Laomediidae De Haan, 1849 (cf. Sakai & Sawada, 2006). However, recent examination of material from Kuwait in the Pershian Gulf, showed the occurence of a new species,Kuwaitupogebia nithyanandangen. et sp. nov., and this has made it possible to establish a new family, Kuwaitupogebiidae fam. nov., based on that new genus. The genusUpogebiaLeach, 1814 is known to include nine species from the Red Sea area, yet herein two new species,Upogebiaspongicolasp. nov. from the Reef at Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, andUpogebia jizanensissp. nov. from off Jizan, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, can be added, based on material lodged in the collections of the museum in Frankfurt a. M.

scholarly journals Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4704 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
SERGEY V. BOGORODSKY ◽  
AHMAD O. MAL ◽  
TILMAN J. ALPERMANN
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Preanal Length

Thirty-eight species of moray eels (Muraenidae) from the Red Sea are reported in an updated review. A species account is provided for each species, along with a full synonymy of all nominal species described from the Red Sea. One species is new to science, G. pharaonis, and two species are new for the Red Sea, Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith) and Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson). Gymnothorax pharaonis n. sp. is a common species that has long been misidentified as G. undulatus (Lacepède), although it more closely resembles G. margaritophorus Bleeker, to which it is closely related phylogenetically. It is characterized by the following combination of characters: total vertebrae 123–128; body slender, depth at anus 17–28 in TL; maxillary teeth biserial, dentary and vomerine teeth in a single row; color brown with irregular dendritic pale markings, not interconnected or chain-like, with oblique, conspicuous, parallel streaks posteriorly in dorsal fin. The new record of the distinctive whitish G. phasmatodes is based on an underwater photograph taken at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The new record of Scuticaria tigrina is based on a specimen collected from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and underwater photographs taken from the northern part of the Red Sea. Based on an integrative taxonomical approach by a combination of morphological and phylogenetic analyses and re-examination of holotype specimens, Gymnothorax cinerascens (Rüppell) is resurrected as a valid species, and it is shown that previous records of G. hepaticus (Rüppell), with which it has previously been synonymized, should refer to G. cinerascens. The true G. hepaticus is redescribed based on examination of the holotype and additional specimens collected during the course of this study. The two species are distinguished by the color of the jaws, the position of the median intermaxillary teeth, and a slight difference in the preanal length. They are also clearly distinct genetically. The Red Sea record of Gymnothorax atolli (Pietschmann) is based on an error, possibly a misidentification of G. griseus (Lacepède). A key to the species of Red Sea moray eels and a phylogenetic tree of presently known lineages of Indo-Pacific moray eels are provided including recently collected Red Sea specimens. 

scholarly journals Taenioides kentalleni, a new species of eel goby from Saudi Arabia (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD O. MURDY ◽  
JOHN E. RANDALL
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Caudal Vertebrae ◽  
Median Fins ◽  
A New Species

A new species of eel goby, Taenioides kentalleni, is described on the basis of a single specimen from Ras Az Zawr, Jubail, Saudi Arabia. It differs from other species of Taenioides by the following combination of characters: 35 caudal vertebrae; 72 dorsal-fin elements, 65 anal-fin elements, median fins edged in black and the caudal fin almost entirely black. This species is figured and compared with other nominal species of Taenioides.

Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Red Sea reef Al Fahal (Saudi Arabia) with the description of a new species

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Michael G. Reuscher
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Original Description ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Ampharetidae, Amphicteis fiegei sp. nov., is described from the Red Sea reef Al Fahal off Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. It is characterized by the possession of prominent nuchal ridges that are elevated from the prostomium, relatively short paleae, which are few in numbers (five on each side), and transverse rows of cilia in one of its branchial pairs. Furthermore, Samytha storchi Reuscher & Wehe in Wehe, 2009 is recorded for the first time since its original description.

Schindleria parva , a new species of Schindler's fish (Teleostei: Schindleriidae: Schindleria ) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. Abu El‐Regal ◽  
Mohsen M. El‐Sherbiny ◽  
Mohamed H. Gabr ◽  
Ronald Fricke
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Microcharacidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Amazon, Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
L.S. Vieira ◽  
A.L. Netto-Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Central Amazon ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rio Madeira

A new species (Microcharacidium bombioides sp. nov.) of the genus Microcharacidium Buckup, 1993 is described from the Rio Negro, Rio Trombetas, Rio Tapajós, tributaries of the Rio Madeira, and the middle Rio Amazonas. The new species is promptly distinguished from all congeners (Microcharacidium eleotrioides (Géry, 1960), Microcharacidium gnomus Buckup, 1993, and Microcharacidium weitzmani Buckup, 1993) by the presence of 12 circumpeduncular scales, 19 precaudal vertebrae, and 7 dark bars on the flanks connected to their contralateral parts both dorsally and ventrally; 2 short, dark suborbital stripes; all teeth on both jaws conical; 10–11 total dorsal-fin rays; and 3–4 perforated lateral line scales. An updated identification key for the genus is provided and the affinities of the new species with other Microcharacidium are discussed.

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