scholarly journals A new species of nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius modestus (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae), from northern Honshu, Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5005 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
TATSUYA MATSUMOTO ◽  
KEIICHI MATSUURA ◽  
NAOTO HANZAWA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Dorsal Extension ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Entire Male ◽  
Lateral Plates

A new species of nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius modestus, is described based on the holotype and 17 paratypes (38.7–51.7 mm standard length) collected from the inland area of Yamagata Prefecture, northern Honshu, Japan. The new species is distinguished from the other species of Pungitius by the following combination of characters: 30–32 small unconnected lateral plates; dorsal-fin rays VIII–X (usually IX)+9–11; anal-fin rays 7–10 (usually 8); pectoral-fin rays 10; a short spiny dorsal fin base (26.5%–29.8% SL); the first spiny dorsal fin spine behind the pectoral-fin base; a long pre-anal fin (59.9%–67.4% SL); the anal-fin spine below the 1st–3rd dorsal-fin rays; a short pelvic-fin spine (6.3%–9.1% SL); a short anal-fin spine (4.1%–6.0% SL); a long caudal peduncle (14.3%–19.7% SL); no body markings; membranes of the dorsal-fin spines dark brown with black pigments; the entire male body, and soft dorsal and anal fins, becoming black in the breeding season; the anteroventral process of the ectocoracoid present; and the dorsal extension of the ascending process of the pelvis level with the dorsal-most actinost.

Tonlesapia amnica, a new species of dragonet (Teleostei: Callionymidae) from the Mekong delta HEOK HEE NG (Singapore) & WALTER J. RAINBOTH (USA)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3052 (1) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEOK HEE NG ◽  
WALTER J. RAINBOTH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Infraorbital Canal ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species

Tonlesapia amnica, a new species of dragonet lacking a first dorsal fin, is described from the Mekong River delta in southern Vietnam. It can be distinguished from its sole congener, T. tsukawakii, in having the infraorbital canal extending beyond (vs. not reaching) ventral margin of orbit, a more slender body (7.2–13.5% SL vs. 14.3–15.0) and caudal peduncle (4.4–5.2% SL vs. 5.1–6.3), a smaller eye (6.5–8.3% SL vs. 8.7–9.2) and more dorsal-fin rays (9–10 vs. 8).

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.

A new species of Osteobrama (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mahanadi River, India with a note on the validity of O. dayi

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
BUNGDON SHANGNINGAM ◽  
SHIBANANDA RATH ◽  
ASHA KIRAN TUDU ◽  
LAISHRAM KOSYGIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Mahanadi River ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

A new species of the genus Osteobrama is described from the Mahanadi River, Tikarpada, Angul District, Odisha state, India. Osteobrama tikarpadaensis, new species, differs from its congeners in having two pairs of minute barbels; iii–iv unbranched dorsal-fin rays with 25–33 serrae on the last unbranched ray; 15–16 branched pectoral-fin rays, and 25–27 branched anal-fin rays. The status of Osteobrama dayi is discussed and shown to be a valid species. A key to the species of the genus is provided. 

A new species of Stiphodon from southern Sumatra (Pisces: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1715 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
RONALD E. WATSON
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Fatty Tissue ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Stiphodon carisa, n. sp., is described based on material collected in the southernmost watershed in Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Stiphodon carisa, n. sp., differs from all other congeners by a combination of characteristics that include having 9 second-dorsal fin rays; 15 pectoral-fin rays; 41–59 premaxillary teeth; predorsal scales sexually dimorphic in number, male with 5–11 and female with 8–16; 25–35 lateral scales; slightly embedded cycloid scales present on belly; male with a triangular-shaped first-dorsal fin with third and/or fourth spines longest but not filamentous and a patch of white fatty tissue posterior to pectoral-fin base; female usually with 5 (4–5) dusky to blackish blotches or spots along lateral midline from second-dorsal fin with usually 4 (3–4) posterior-most spots positioned close together on caudal peduncle, dusky band extending from anterior to eye to upper hypural base usually indistinct posterior to pectoral-fin base, with or without a dusky or black gular blotch; in some females xanthism exists which fades in preservation and in life yellow with orange to bright red markings. Stiphodon semoni is a species common in hill streams of eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and is reported here for the first time from streams entering the Indian Ocean in Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.

A new deepwater gurnard of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-200
Author(s):  
TAKUJI YATO ◽  
ELAINE HEEMSTRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
Opercular Spine ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Southwestern Indian Ocean

A new species of deepwater gurnard, Pterygotrigla (Otohime) madagascarensis sp. nov. is described, based on two specimens collected on the upper continental slope south of Madagascar, in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The new species belongs to the tropical Indo-Pacific subgenus Otohime in having a short rostral projection, short posttemporal spine, long opercular spine and no cleithral spine. It is most similar to P. (O.) multipunctata, and P. (O.) urashimai, in having no large blotch on the first dorsal fin, a jet-black blotch and no white ocellus on the inner pectoral-fin surface, with no scales on the breast and front of the pectoral-fin base. However, the new species differs from the latter two species by the combination of the following characters: first dorsal-fin spines 7, second dorsal-fin rays 12, dusky rays on the inner pectoral-fin surface, one row of blackish botches on second dorsal fin, and no papillae on the dorsal surface of oral cavity. A key is provided for the twelve Pterygotrigla species now in the subgenus Otohime. 

Plectranthias cruentus, a new species of anthiadine perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4750 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHONY C. GILL ◽  
CLIVE D. ROBERTS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Tasman Sea ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

Plectranthias cruentus new species is described from the holotype and two paratypes collected off Ball’s Pyramid and a paratype from Lord Howe Island. It resembles P. pelicieri Randall & Shimizu 1994 in live coloration and most morphological details, including absence of predorsal scales anterior to the supratemporal commissure, but differs in having the fifth or sixth (versus third) dorsal-fin spine longest, at least some pectoral-fin rays branched (versus all unbranched), and inconspicuous (versus distinct) serrations on the interopercle. It also differs in live coloration details. 

scholarly journals A review of the species in the Apogon fasciatus group with a description of a new species of cardinalfish from the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Apogonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 924 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS H. FRASER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Vertical Bars ◽  
Ventral Edge ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

Nine nominal, Indo-West Pacfic species are treated: Apogon fasciatus (White, 1790), Apogon quadrifasciatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828, Apogon monogramma Günther, 1880, Apogon septemstriatus Günther, 1880, Apogon evanidus Fowler 1904, Apogon elizabethae (Jordan & Seale, 1905), Apogon quinquestriatus Regan, 1908, Apogon kiensis Jordan & Snyder, 1901 and Apogon bryx Fraser, 1998. Four species treated as valid have VII first-dorsal spines: Apogon fasciatus with two brownish stripes on each side of the head and body to caudal peduncle and a faint, variable stripe along a portion of the lateral-line, 16 (15) pectoral-fin rays, and 14–17 (12, 13 or 18) gill rakers, Apogon quinquestriatus with four brownish stripes on each side of head and body, two reaching the caudal peduncle, 15 pectoral-fin rays, and 15 gill rakers, Apogon septemstriatus with three brownish stripes on each side of head and body, three reaching the caudal peduncle, 14 (13) pectoral-fin rays, and 14–16 gill rakers, Apogon pleuron, new species, with two brownish stripes on each side of head and body reaching the caudal peduncle, ventral edge of midlateral stripe with vertical bars, 15 (14 or16) pectoral-fin rays, and 17–20 (15, 16 or 21) gill rakers. Two species treated as valid have VI first-dorsal spines: Apogon bryx with three brownish stripes on each side of head and body, two reaching the caudal peduncle, 14–15 pectoral-fin rays, and 22–23 (21 or 24) gill rakers, Apogon kiensis, with two brownish stripes on each side of head and body reaching the caudal peduncle, 14–15 pectoral-fin rays, and 16–18 (15 or 19-20) gill rakers. The long recognized name, Apogon quadrifasciatus, is synonymous with Apogon fasciatus.

scholarly journals Gephyrocharax torresi (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae), a new species from the río Cascajales basin, río Magdalena system, Colombia

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Anyelo Vanegas-Ríos ◽  
María de las Mercedes Azpelicueta ◽  
Juan Marcos Mirande ◽  
María Dolly García Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Body ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
Black Pigmentation ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gephyrocharax is described from the río Cascajales basin, a tributary of the río La Colorada, río Magdalena system, Colombia. The new species is distinguished from its congeners, exceptG. melanocheir, by the absence of an adipose fin in most specimens and by the possession of a lateral branched pectoral-fin ray in males with a distal fan-shaped structure with minute bony hooks and a dark blotch or a few scattered dark brown chromatophores along its branches. The new species differs from G.melanocheir by the absence of an intense black pigmentation at the base of the anterior five dorsal-fin rays, the number of vertebrae (40-41vs. 38-39), the frontals contacting each other anterior to the epiphyseal bar in adults (vs. the absence of contact), the posterior margin of the mesethmoid straight in its central portion (vs. strongly concave at this point), the pouch scale of mature males reaching caudal-fin ray 11 or the area between caudal-fin rays 11 and 12 (vs. reaching only to caudal-fin ray 10 or the area between caudal-fin rays 9 and 10), the number of minute terminal branches of the lateral branched pectoral-fin ray of mature males (60-88 vs. 28-54), a longer black lateral stripe along the body in males (reaching to the base of the caudal-fin rays vs. reaching the middle of the length of the caudal peduncle), and the snout length (28.3-31.8% HLvs. 22.2-28.0% HL). The diagnosis ofGephyrocharax is modified to include species with the adipose fin variably present

A new species of Metahomaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1526 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
JIAN YANG ◽  
XIAOYONG CHEN ◽  
JUNXING YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Head Width ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Mouth Width ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Peduncle Length ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Metahomaloptera, M. longicauda, is described from the lower Jinsha River, China. The new species is distinguished from other species of Metahomaloptera by the following combination of characters: pectoral fin with 11– 15 branched rays, tip of pectoral fin extending beyond origin of dorsal fin, pelvic fin with 10–12 branched rays, pelvicfin tip reaching or extending beyond anus, dorsal fin inserting before middle of body, tip of dorsal fin far from vertical line of caudal-fin base, head width 19.4–22.6% SL, pre-pectoral length 8.4–9.9% SL, pre-anal length 69.0–74.3% SL, caudal peduncle length 17.1–20.7% SL, eye diameter 14.6–16.6% HL, caudal peduncle depth 33.7–43.1% caudal peduncle length, mouth width 63.2–75.5% body width at pectoral-fin origin.

A new Malthopsis batfish from Taiwan, with comments on Malthopsis tiarella Jordan, 1902 (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4702 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
KEITA KOEDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

A new species of the triangular batfish genus Malthopsis Alcock, 1891 is described on the basis of 9 specimens collected from off Taiwan. The new species belongs to a species group with ventral surface covered by numerous small prickle-like bucklers. It differs from the members in this species group in having ventral surface entirely covered with tiny bucklers; principal bucklers on dorsal surface relatively tall, few in number and loose in arrangement; subopercle dull without enlarged forward-directed spine; rostral spine directed forward horizontally; 5 dorsal-fin rays and 12 pectoral-fin rays; and posterior tip of appressed anal fin not reaching caudal-fin base. Two specimens of Malthopsis tiarella Jordan, 1902 collected from Taiwan are recognized and its diagnosis is discussed. 

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