Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (3) ◽  
pp. 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
SWARUP RANJAN MOHANTY ◽  
SUBHRENDU SEKHAR MISHRA ◽  
PRASAD C. TUDU
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Indian Coast ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Vertebral Count ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
Moray Eel

A new moray Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., is described from a single specimen collected from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh, India. The species has a reddish brown body mottled with irregular creamy white spots; dorsal-fin origin considerably behind gill opening, but well ahead of level of anus; sharply pointed recurved teeth; biserial intermaxillary and maxillary teeth, those of inner row larger and more widely spaced than outer row. It differs from congeners by higher predorsal vertebrae and lower total vertebral count (MVF 20-51-120). The colouration is distinctly different from other species of the genus. 

Gymnothorax visakhaensis sp. nov., a new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4300 (2) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
SWARUP RANJAN MOHANTY ◽  
SUBHRENDU SEKHAR MISHRA ◽  
PRASAD C. TUDU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Indian Coast ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Total Length ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Preanal Length ◽  
Moray Eel

An elongate, brown unpatterned moray eel, Gymnothorax visakhaensis sp. nov., is described based on seven specimens collected from the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh, India. The new species is differentiated from other elongate unpatterned moray eels in having the following combination of characters: anus at about mid-point of body, preanal length 1.9–2.1 in total length; snout blunt and short; dorsal-fin margin black, 6 mandibular pores; intermaxillary teeth biserial; maxillary teeth uniserial, sharp and depressible, pre-dorsal vertebrae 7, pre- anal vertebrae 70–74, total vertebrae 163–169. 

A new species of white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax smithi (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. SUMOD ◽  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
V. N. SANJEEVAN ◽  
T. G. KISHOR ◽  
K. K. BINEESH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Southeastern Arabian Sea ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Moray Eel

A new species of white-spotted moray eel Gymnothorax smithi sp. nov. is described based on three specimens collected from the southeastern Arabian Sea, India. This is the first deep water report of a moray eel from Indian waters from 200 m depth. This new species is distinguishable from its congeners by the following combination of characters: greyish brown body overlain with white spots of irregular shape, dorsal-fin origin anterior to gill opening, anus positioned slightly behind the mid-point of the body, serrated teeth and a unique vertebral count 3–5 /57/130–132. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9554CE07-E9E7-4B4F-95CD-54F2BB26FF28] 

Gymnothorax hansi, a new species of moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Comoro Islands, Western Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 515 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
PHILLIP C. HEEMSTRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Posterior Nostril ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Tail Tip ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Moray Eel

Gymnothorax hansi, a new species of moray eel, is described from three specimens caught in ~ 146 m at Grand Comoro (Ngazidja) Island in the Comoros Islands. The length of the head plus the body is distinctly longer than tail; the dorsal fin origin is at a vertical midway between the gill opening and the rear edge of the eye. The head length is 11 to 12% total length. The colour is chestnut brown dorsally on the head, body and most of the tail; the dorsal and anal fins are brown anteriorly, blackish posteriorly with a bright white margin from dorsal fin origin round the tail tip to the anal fin origin; anterior nostril tube, posterior nostril mound and iris are yellow; head and ventrolateral part of body of 101 cm adult male golden brown, with several, irregular, distinct, dusky or black spots scattered over most of the body, tail and dorsal fin; head of 101 cm adult female brown dorsally, paler below; female with a few faint dusky spots on body and tail; both sexes with pores on jaws set in white spots. Teeth small, sharp, caniniform, slightly curved, uniserial on maxillae and dentaries; longest intermaxillary tooth equals 64% eye diameter; vomer with 3 minute teeth. The vertebral counts are higher than in most morays: 4 predorsal, 82 84 preanal and 183 185 total.

A new short brown unpatterned moray eel Gymnothorax andamanensis (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from Andaman waters, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4661 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
R. KIRUBA-SANKAR ◽  
J. PRAVEENRAJ ◽  
SWARUP RANJAN MOHANTY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Waters ◽  
Sandy Habitat ◽  
South Andaman ◽  
Moray Eel

Gymnothorax andamanensis sp. nov., a new short brown moray eel, is described here on the basis of two specimens collected from Port Mout, Port Blair, South Andaman (11.659327°N; 92.696148°E), caught using baited hand-lines in a sandy habitat at a depth of less than 2 m. The species is characterized in having the dorsal-fin origin before the gill opening, pre-anal length 2.1–2.2, jaw pores with black rim, two branchial pores, predorsal vertebrae 3, preanal vertebrae 57 and total vertebrae 135–136, teeth smooth, three large fang-like median intermaxillary teeth, biserial maxillary and uniserial vomerine teeth, and dentary teeth biserial with two teeth in each side in the second row of the dentary. The new species is compared with all 10 short brown unpatterned moray eels known from the world and two from Indian waters.

Gymnothorax odishi sp. nov. (Muraenidae: Muraeninae), a short brown unpatterned moray eel from Bay of Bengal, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4420 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
ANIL MOHAPATRA ◽  
SWARUP RANJAN MOHANTY ◽  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
SUBHRENDU SEKHAR MISHRA ◽  
SANMITRA ROY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
East Coast ◽  
East Coast Of India ◽  
Black Patch ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Eye Size ◽  
The World ◽  
Moray Eel

Gymnothorax odishi sp. nov., a new short brown moray eel, is described here on the basis of eleven specimens collected from Gopalpur, Odisha, along the east coast of India, Bay of Bengal. The species is characterized with dorsal-fin origin before gill opening, jaw pores with dark rim, small black patch just behind the eye of about eye size or more, gill opening with dark rim, two branchial pores, predorsal vertebrae 4, preanal vertebrae 55–58 and total vertebrae 133–138, three large fang like median intermaxillary teeth, uniserial maxillary and vomerine teeth. The new species is compared with all short brown unpatterned moray eels known from the world. 

A new garden eel, Heteroconger fugax (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4418 (3) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEITA KOEDA ◽  
TAKUMA FUJII ◽  
HIROYUKI MOTOMURA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Northwestern Pacific ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Northwestern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin

Heteroconger fugax sp. nov. (Congridae: Heterocongrinae) is described from a single specimen collected from Amami-oshima island, Japan. The new species is most similar to Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall 1999, known from Fiji and New Caledonia, in having a remarkably slender body with numerous small spots and a vertebral count close to 200. However, it can be distinguished from H. tomberua by the presence of a large distinct white blotch on the opercle; more numerous, dense spots over the entire head, including lips; ground color of body uniformly cream, without microscopic melanophores; numerous small conical cirri on the chin; and dorsal-fin origin located more posteriorly to appressed pectoral-fin tip. A survey of underwater photographs of Heteroconger on photographic database revealed H. fugax to be widely distributed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, from the Ryukyu Archipelago to Borneo.

scholarly journals Guianacara dacrya, a new species from the rio Branco and Essequibo River drainages of the Guiana Shield (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica H Arbour ◽  
Hernán López-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Tooth Plate ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Pharyngeal Jaw ◽  
River Drainages ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Guianacara is described from tributaries of the Essequibo River and the rio Branco in Guyana and northern Brazil. Guianacara dacrya, new species, can be diagnosed from all congeners by the possession of a unique infraorbital stripe and by the shape of the lateral margin of the lower pharyngeal jaw tooth plate. Guianacara dacrya can be further distinguished from G. geayi, G. owroewefi, G. sphenozona and G. stergiosi by the possession of a thin midlateral bar, from G. cuyunii by the possession of dusky branchiostegal membranes and from G. oelemariensis by the possession of two supraneurals. This species differs from most congeners by the presence of white spots on the spiny portion of the dorsal fin, the placement of the midlateral spot, the presence of filaments on the dorsal, anal and in rare cases the caudal-fin and from at least the Venezuelan species by several morphometric variables. Guianacara dacrya is known from the Essequibo, Takutu and Ireng River basins of Guyana and possibly from the rio Uraricoera in the rio Branco basin in Brazil. A key to the species is provided.

scholarly journals Gobiesox lanceolatus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei:  Gobiesocidae) from Los Frailes submarine canyon, Gulf of California, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4221 (3) ◽  
pp. 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP A. HASTINGS ◽  
KEVIN W. CONWAY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Submarine Canyon ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

Gobiesox lanceolatus is described from a single specimen collected from 300 meters depth in the Los Frailes submarine canyon in the southwestern Gulf of California. The "Canyon Clingfish" is unique within Gobiesox in having a lanceolate caudal fin, with the central rays longer than those above and below them. It is also distinguished by 14 dorsal-fin rays (first tiny and unsegmented), 11 anal-fin rays, 28 pectoral-fin rays, anus slightly closer to anal-fin origin than to posterior margin of pelvic disc, and dorsal-fin origin in front of vertical from anus. It is most similar to Gobiesox eugrammus, known from Isla Guadelupe, the coast of outer Baja California and southern California. This is the deepest record for a species of Gobiesox and only four other species of clingfishes are known from greater depths. 

The snakehead fish Channa aurolineata is a valid species (Teleostei: Channidae) distinct from Channa marulius 

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (4) ◽  
pp. 542 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELEANOR A. S. ADAMSON ◽  
RALF BRITZ
Keyword(s):  
Valid Species ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Coi Barcoding ◽  
Channa Marulius ◽  
Previously Treated ◽  
Mountain Chain ◽  
Western Side ◽  
Morphological Differences

Channa aurolineata is a valid species of the Marulius group. Previously treated as a synonym of C. marulius, C. aurolineata is readily distinguished from C. marulius by a different colour pattern, in which a conspicuous white posterior margin is present on the black scales that form the dark lateral blotches in larger juveniles and adults (vs. scales without white margin but with white spots in C. marulius). Channa aurolineata also differs from C. marulius by having more lateral line scales (65–71 vs 62–65), more dorsal-fin rays (55–58 vs 52–56) and more vertebrae (63–66 vs 59–63). In addition to these morphological differences, C. aurolineata is genetically more than 8% different (uncorrected p-distance) from C. marulius at the COI barcoding gene, a difference consistent with levels of genetic divergence observed among different species. The same characters that distinguish C. aurolineata from C. marulius also distinguish it from C. pseudomarulius, the other Indian member of the Marulius group. Channa aurolineata has a widespread distribution in larger rivers in Myanmar, including the Chindwin, Ayeyarwaddy, Sittaung and Thanlwin river basins. The Indo-Burman ranges appear to delineate the western geographical limit of this species, with C. marulius restricted to the western side of this mountain chain. 

Description of a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2277 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIPPE BÉAREZ ◽  
HIROYUKI MOTOMURA
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Dorsal Spine ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gas Bladder ◽  
Fin Spines

A new spiny scorpionfish, Trachyscorpia verai, is described from a single specimen caught by deepwater longline off Puerto López (Ecuador, Tropical Eastern Pacific). This scorpionfish is distinguished from all other species of Trachyscorpia by a unique combination of characters: dorsal-fin spines 12, vertebrae 26, and gas bladder absent. Other diagnostic characters are: maxilla unscaled, third dorsal spine long, and pelvic spine short. This is the second species of Trachyscorpia known from the TEP and the sixth worldwide.

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