scholarly journals A new species of Lipogramma from deep reefs of Roatan, Honduras (Teleostei, Grammatidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 809 ◽  
pp. 79-95
Author(s):  
Luke Tornabene ◽  
D. Ross Robertson ◽  
Carole C. Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Partitioning ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
Dorsal Portion ◽  
Western Caribbean ◽  
Deep Reefs ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bright Blue ◽  
Blue Coloration

A new species of Lipogramma is described from submersible collections at 122–165 m depth off the coast of Roatan, Honduras, in the western Caribbean. The new species is distinguished from all other species in the genus by its bright blue coloration on the head, nape, and dorsal portion of the trunk beneath the spinous dorsal fin, a prominent round black blotch below the origin of the spinous dorsal fin, and a high number of gill rakers. A molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes shows that the new species belongs to a clade containing L.levinsoni, L.regia, and L.anabantoides. At Roatan, submersible observations of this and other Lipogramma species indicate clear, interspecific habitat partitioning by depth and substrate.

Rhinogobius maculagenys, A new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Hunan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4476 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
QIANQIAN WU ◽  
XUEJIAN DENG ◽  
YANJIE WANG ◽  
YONG LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Freshwater Goby ◽  
Single Spine ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bright Blue

A new freshwater goby, Rhinogobius maculagenys sp. nov., was collected from Hunan Province in Southern China. This species can be distinguished from all congeners by a combination of the following features: first dorsal fin with 6 spines; second dorsal fin with a single spine and 7–9 segmented rays; anal fin with a single spine and 6–8 segmented rays; pectoral fin with 16 segmented rays; 32–34 longitudinal scales; 9–13 transverse scales; 11+16=27 vertebrae; pore ω1 missing; head and body yellowish brown; cheek and opercle yellowish brown with over 30 small orange spots, branchiostegal membrane yellow with over 10 small orange spots in males and white and spotless in females; first dorsal fin trapezoidal in males and nearly semicircular in females, with large bright blue blotch in front of second spine; spines 4 and 5 longest, rear tip extending to base of second branched ray of second dorsal fin in males when adpressed, but just reaching or not reaching anterior margin of second dorsal fin in females; caudal fin with 5–6 vertical rows of brown spots; flank with several longitudinal rows of blackish-brown spots; and belly pale white.

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. 

Coloconger maculatus sp. nov., a species of short-tail eel from eastern Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Colocongridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5016 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-282
Author(s):  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
CHI-NGAI TANG ◽  
TAH-WEI CHU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Large Female ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Posterior Nostril ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Fin Length ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Coloconger is described from a large female collected off eastern Taiwan. It can be distinguished from congeners by having a large black blotch on rear portion of tail; posterior end of tail white; and combination of characters: head small 15.7% TL; 4 supratemporal pores, middle 2 in pair; 7 supraorbital pores, 2 pores over posterior nostril; 12 or 14 infraorbital pores; 14 preoperculomandibular pores; 226 dorsal-fin rays and 122 anal-fin rays; preanal vertebrae 77 and total vertebrae 145; rictus through a vertical of posterior margin of pupil; snout shorter than eye diameter; distance between origins of pectoral and dorsal fins 69.4% pectoral-fin length; and body brownish gray dorsally, light gray ventrally, and dorsal fin dark gray. Data and variations of Coloconger japonicus found in Taiwan are provided and discussed.  

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis, a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines and Indonesia (Teleostei: Labridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4418 (6) ◽  
pp. 577 ◽  
Author(s):  
YI-KAI TEA ◽  
BENJAMIN W. FRABLE ◽  
ANTHONY C. GILL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Single Filament ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Lower Head ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Coloration ◽  
Blue Coloration ◽  
Fin Spines

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis, sp. nov., is described on the basis of the holotype and three paratypes from Banguingui Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, and a paratype from Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species belongs to a complex consisting of C. filamentosus (Klausewitz), C. rubripinnis Randall & Carpenter, and C. tonozukai Allen & Kuiter. Aside from similar nuptial male coloration, the four species share the following character combination: a single row of cheek scales; dorsal-fin spines taller than dorsal-fin rays (slightly incised between spinuous and soft dorsal fin in C. rubripinnis and C. cyanogularis; last three dorsal-fin spines converging to form a single filament in C. tonozukai and C. filamentosus); relatively long pelvic fins (reaching past anal-fin origin); and isthmus and breast blue. The new species differs from the other members of the complex in lacking a dorsal filament, as well as possessing six predorsal scales, more extensive blue coloration on the isthmus, lower head and breast, and a soft dorsal fin with narrow black, medial stripe. The status of Klausewitz’s Cirrhilabrichthys is briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Spectrolebias brousseaui (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae), a new annual fish from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalton Tavares Bressane Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Annual Fish ◽  
Temporary Pool ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Vertically Aligned ◽  
Dark Blue ◽  
Bright Blue ◽  
Blue Coloration

Spectrolebias brousseaui is described from a temporary pool from the upper río Mamoré basin, Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The new species is distinguished from all congeners, by the overall dark blue coloration on the posterior two-thirds of body with bright blue iridescent spots vertically aligned in males. Spectrolebias brousseaui differs from all other species of the genus, except S. filamentosus, for having pelvic fins separated by a space (vs. pelvic fins in contact), long filaments at the tip of the dorsal and anal fins in males (vs. absence of filaments or presence only on dorsal fin in S. semiocellatus and S. inaequipinnatus, or the presence on the anal fin in S. chacoensis), and presence of contact organs on the scales of the flanks in males (vs.absence of contact organs on flanks in all remaining Spectrolebias species).

A new jawfish of the genus Opistognathus (Perciformes: Opistognathidae) from Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4964 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-168
Author(s):  
GENTO SHINOHARA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Body ◽  
Tokyo Bay ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Sagami Bay ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Honshu Island

A new species of jawfish, Opistognathus ocellicaudatus, is described based on a single specimen collected at 67 m depth in Sagami Bay (near the mouth of Tokyo Bay), Honshu Island, Japan. The new species can be separated from all other Indo-West Pacific jawfish species in having 3 longitudinal dark brown stripes on the body, a large dark whitish-rimmed ocellus on the caudal fin, a small black blotch on the opercular flap, the dorsal fin with 11 spines and 11 soft rays, the anal fin with 2 spines and 11 soft rays, 21 pectoral-fin soft rays, 26 vertebrae, 42 oblique scale rows, and 2 supraneurals. The holotype is a female containing mature eggs, suggesting summer spawning. The type locality was close to the northern distributional limit of Opistognathidae in the Indo-West Pacific. [http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:00DCADDA-BE92-4C33-B7EB-1DA8348BA02A]

scholarly journals A new species of Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro from Uruguay (Teleostei: Cichliformes)

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Loureiro ◽  
Matías Zarucki ◽  
Luiz R. Malabarba ◽  
Iván González-Bergonzoni
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Blue Band ◽  
Light Blue ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Freshwater Habitats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bright Blue

ABSTRACT We describe a new species of a substrate-brooding Gymnogeophagus , based on coloration characters. The new species can be distinguished from the remaining substrate-brooding species in the genus by the unique pigmentation of the dorsal fin which consists of light blue, diagonal stripes over a red background in the spiny section and a combination of round, elliptic, and elongated bright blue spots over a red background in the soft section. It can be further distinguished from all other species of Gymnogeophagus by the following combination of characters: a discontinuous bright blue band above the upper lateral line in the humeral area, light blue roundish spots over a red to orange background on the anal fin, and conspicuous bright blue horizontal bands on body. The new species inhabits a wide range of freshwater habitats in the lower rio Uruguay basin, Rio de la Plata coastal drainages and Atlantic Ocean coastal drainages in Uruguay.

scholarly journals A new species of Bryconops (Teleostei: Characidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Northern Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana M. Wingert ◽  
Luiz R. Malabarba
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rio Madeira

A new species of Bryconops is described from a tributary to the rio Madeira in the Amazon basin, State of Rondônia, Brazil. Bryconops piracolina belongs to the subgenus Bryconops by having no teeth or rarely one tooth in the maxilla, and a naked area on cheek between the second and third infraorbitals. The new species is distinguished from all species of this subgenus by the presence of a large black blotch on dorsal-fin base. Furthermore, it is distinguished from all congeners, except B. inpai, by possessing the adipose fin entirely black. It differs from B. inpai by the lack of humeral spots. It further differs from all species of the subgenus Bryconops, except B. caudomaculatus, by having the last scales of the longitudinal series of scales that bears the lateral line series not pored beyond the end of the hypural plate, and differs from B. caudomaculatus by the smaller number of pored lateral line scales (31-36, mean 34.6, vs. 37-43, mean = 40.6, respectively).

scholarly journals A new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the río Madre de Dios basin, Peru

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Fernando Caserta Tencatt ◽  
Hans-Georg Evers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
Black Stripe ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Madre De Dios ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
Pectoral Spine ◽  
Black Pigmentation ◽  
A New Species

ABSTRACT A new species of Corydoras is described from the río Madre de Dios basin, Peru. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by presenting the following features: a longitudinal black stripe along midline of flank; mesethmoid short, with anterior portion poorly developed; serrations on posterior margin of pectoral spine directed towards the tip of the spine; dorsal fin with the region of the first branched ray, including membrane, with concentration of black pigmentation, the remaining areas with irregular black blotches; absence of a vertically elongated black blotch across the eyes; conspicuously rounded moderately-developed black spots on the snout; and ventral expansion of infraorbital 1 moderately developed.

scholarly journals A new species of leaffish Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Percomorpha: Polycentridae) from the rio Negro, Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Pires Coutinho ◽  
Wolmar Benjamin Wosiacki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Lower Edge ◽  
Posterior Edge ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
Ventral Edge ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Polycentrusis described from the rio Negro, in Brazil. It is distinguished from P. schomburgkii by the presence of two dark postocular and one subocular band, all smaller than orbital diameter, blunt snout, isognathous mouth, reduction of the serrations on the lower edge of the lacrimal-spines ranging from zero to two tiny spines at the posterior end, intensely serrated edge of the interopercle, fully serrated posterior edge of the vertical arm of the preopercle, presence of five pungent opercular spines, subopercle broadly serrated along most of its posterior ventral edge, presence of serrations dorsally on the posterior margin of the cleithrum, fourth ray of pectoral fin reaching the vertical through the anal-fin origin, 19-21 predorsal scales, 19-20 scales on dorsal-fin base, 12-14 scales on anal-fin base, and absence of a median opercular blotch.

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