A new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Western Pacific, with an analysis of its relationships

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4845 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
EMMA S. KARMOVSKAYA ◽  
JOÃO PAULO CAPRETZ BATISTA DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species of congrid eel, Bathycongrus villosus sp. nov., is described from the Philippines and Vanuatu. It is similar to some of the small-toothed species currently placed in Bathycongrus and to the species of Bassanago. In this paper we compare the new species to Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) and to Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011, which it most closely resembles. An analysis of 19 characters shows that it agrees with Bat. parviporus in 16 characters and with Bas. albescens in one. In two characters, the three species are all different. We therefore place it in Bathycongrus. 

A new species of Trimma (Pisces; Gobiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4577 (3) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM ◽  
MARK V. ERDMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Trimma, T. wangunui, is described from three localities in the western Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Philippines). It belongs to a small group of species with scales in the predorsal midline, no scales on the cheek or the opercle, all pectoral fin rays unbranched, and a branched fifth pelvic fin ray. It differs from other species in this group in having an elongate second spine of the first dorsal fin which reaches to the bases of the 2nd–8th second dorsal-fin rays when adpressed, in having yellow bars on the head, and in the presence of vertically elongate yellow spots on a brown body when freshly collected. 

scholarly journals Annonaceae in the Western Pacific: geographic patterns and four new species

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Turner ◽  
Timothy M.A. Utteridge
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Geographic Patterns ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomy and distribution of Pacific Annonaceae are reviewed in light of recent changes in generic delimitations. A new species of the genus Monoon from the Solomon Archipelago is described, Monoon salomonicum I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov., together with an apparently related new species from New Guinea, Monoon pachypetalum I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov. The confirmed presence of the genus in the Solomon Islands extends the generic range eastward beyond New Guinea. Two new species of Huberantha are described, Huberantha asymmetrica I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov. and Huberantha whistleri I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov., from the Solomon Islands and Samoa respectively. New combinations are proposed: Drepananthus novoguineensis (Baker f.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov., Meiogyne punctulata (Baill.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov. and Monoon merrillii (Kaneh.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov. One neotype and four lectotypes are designated. The geographic patterns exhibited by nine native Annonaceae genera, that range in the Pacific beyond New Guinea, are discussed.

scholarly journals A new species of the genus Dysommina (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Western Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4454 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
KENNETH A. TIGHE ◽  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
KIYOTAKA HATOOKA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Head Length ◽  
Eye Size ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Dysommina orientalis, a new species of Ilyophine eel from off Taiwan and Japan is described and illustrated. The species had long been recognized as Dysommina rugosa in the western Pacific and is distinguished from D. rugosa by a lower number of predorsal vertebrae, a higher number of total vertebrae, shorter head length, smaller eye size, reduced vomerine dentition, and an increased number of both mandibular and maxillary teeth, as well as significant differences in DNA sequence in COI and 16S.

scholarly journals A new species of vent associated Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the Western Pacific, with notes on its genetic identification

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1435 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHINJI TSUCHIDA ◽  
MICHEL E. HENDRICKX ◽  
RYUSUKE KADO ◽  
SEIICHI WATANABE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
The Body ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Genetic Identification ◽  
Mitochondrial Sequences ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Munidopsis myojinensis n. sp., herein described and illustrated from Myojin Knoll and Northwest Eifuku Seamount in the Western Pacific, is the tenth species of Munidopsis known to be associated with active hydrothermal vents. It resembles M. starmer Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992 in general ornamentation and spination of the body but differs in the erectness of the eyespine and form of the telson plates. Information on genetic identification using mitochondrial sequences (COI) is provided. Distributions of the vent associated Munidopsis in the Western Pacific and the habitat of the new species are briefly described.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document