scholarly journals First record of Spotted Knifejaw, Oplegnathus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Oplegnathidae) in the southern South China Sea

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1195-1198
Author(s):  
Yusri Yusuf ◽  
Ying Giat Seah ◽  
Md Repin Izarenah ◽  
Jen Nie Lee
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Central Pacific Ocean ◽  
The North ◽  
Southward Extension ◽  
First Time

Oplegnathus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) is reported for the first time in the southern South China Sea, off Pulau Tenggol, Malaysia. This species is native to the north-western and central Pacific Ocean and mainly occurs in subtropical and warm temperate waters. This record is a significant southward extension of its range and also represents the first documentation of the family Oplegnathidae in Malaysia. 

scholarly journals First records of the seamoth, Pegasus nanhaiensis (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), from the southern South China Sea, with notes on fresh coloration

2022 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Takahiro Akaike ◽  
Sirikanya Chungthanawong ◽  
Hiroyuki Motomura
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Fish Market ◽  
First Time

Three seamoth specimens (45.5–56.9 mm standard length; SL) (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), originally identified as Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1829, but now recognized as representing P. nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang et Lin, 2020, a species recently described from the northern South China Sea off Yangjiang and Beihai, China, were obtained at a local fish market in Maha Chai, Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand on 6 July 2012, having been caught in the northern Gulf of Thailand. In addition, single specimens, reported as P. laternarius or Spinipegasus laternarius from Bidong Island, South China Sea off the Malay Peninsula (46.1 mm SL) and from Ko Kradat, Trat Province, eastern Gulf of Thailand (66.1 mm SL), were re-identified here as P. nanhaiensis. Thai specimens and Malaysian record represent the first records of P. nanhaiensis from Thailand and Malaysia, respectively, and from outside Chinese coastal waters. Additionally, the Bidong specimen is the southernmost record for the species. The fresh coloration of P. nanhaiensis is described for the first time.

A Pleistocene paleoceanographic record from the north slope of the Spratly Islands, southern South China Sea

2001 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jih-Ping Shyu ◽  
Min-Pen Chen ◽  
Ying-Tsung Shieh ◽  
Chao-Kai Huang
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
North Slope ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Spratly Islands

PROVENANCE EVOLUTION OF THE PALEO-HANJIAN RIVER IN THE NORTH SOUTH CHINA SEA

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangtao ZHANG ◽  
Liang CHEN ◽  
Qinghua SHE ◽  
Sufang ZHANG ◽  
Peijun QIAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Provenance Evolution

Contrasting Characteristics of Convection over the Northern and Southern South China Sea during SCSMEX

2006 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 1041-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Ciesielski ◽  
Richard H. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Kelvin Wave ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
Rainy Period ◽  
Stratiform Rain ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Convective Systems ◽  
Early Afternoon ◽  
Dominant Feature

Abstract Observations from two enhanced sounding arrays during the May–June 1998 South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX) are used to determine and contrast the properties of convection over the northern and southern South China Sea (SCS). A regression analysis between SST data and monthly rainfall indicates that the ENSO signal exerted a strong influence on the rainfall distribution over the SCS during SCSMEX. This resulted in wetter-than-normal conditions along the south China coast and northern SCS, and generally drier-than-average conditions elsewhere, particularly over the Philippine Islands. The monsoon onset as determined by a shift in the low-level winds from easterly to southwesterly over the SCS occurred around mid-May. Over the southern enhanced sounding array (SESA), the onset was characterized by a rainy period associated with the passage of a convectively coupled Kelvin wave. This was followed by a weeklong break and then several episodic rain events with increasingly higher rain rates. Rainfall over the northern enhanced sounding array (NESA), which was largely out of phase with SESA rainfall events, occurred primarily during two 10-day periods separated by a weeklong break. Convective characteristics over the SESA, deduced primarily from heat and moisture budget profiles, indicate a high stratiform rain fraction consisting of alternating periods with decaying mesoscale systems that organized near the western Borneo coastline and shallower convective clouds. In contrast, NESA-averaged profiles were indicative of deep convection with a relatively small stratiform rain fraction, which was confirmed with radar analyses during the onset convective period. The diurnal cycle of convection is a dominant feature throughout much of the SCS. Over both budget regions, early morning (0500–0800 LT) convective systems were frequently initiated near the coasts, then gradually dissipated during the course of the day as the midlevel steering currents moved the systems away from the coastline. These decaying convective systems resulted in an early afternoon (1400 LT) rainfall peak over both sonde arrays.

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