Osteological development and deformities in hatchery-reared longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus ): Vertebral column, dorsal-fin supports and caudal-fin skeleton

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 3245-3257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Iwasaki ◽  
Nariaki Inoue ◽  
Kazuhisa Teruya ◽  
Katsuyuki Hamasaki
Keyword(s):  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Osteological Development ◽  
Epinephelus Bruneus

scholarly journals Resurrection of the genus Homalopteroides (Teleostei: Balitoridae) with a redescription of H. modestus (Vinciguerra 1890)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3586 (1) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZACHARY S. RANDALL ◽  
LAWRENCE M. PAGE
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Line ◽  
Head Length ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Interorbital Width ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Orbital Rim ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays ◽  
Pelvic Fin

The genus Homalopteroides Fowler 1905 is resurrected and distinguished from the genus Homaloptera van Hasselt 1823based on a combination of characters including a unique mouth morphology, dorsal-fin origin over pelvic fin,≤60 lateral-line scales, and≤30 predorsal scales. Species included in Homalopteroides are H. wassinkii (Bleeker 1853), H. modestus(Vinciguerra 1890), H. rupicola (Prashad & Mukerji 1929), H. smithi (Hora 1932), H. stephensoni (Hora 1932), H. weberi(Hora 1932), H. tweediei (Herre 1940), H. indochinensis (Silas 1953), H. nebulosus (Alfred 1969), H. yuwonoi (Kottelat1998), and possibly H. manipurensis (Arunkumar 1999). Homalopteroides modestus (Vinciguerra 1890) is a poorlyknown species that was originally described from the Meekalan and Meetan rivers of southern Myanmar. It occurs in theSalween, Mae Khlong, and Tenasserim basins, and can be distinguished from all other species of Homalopteroides by thecombination of caudal-fin pattern (black proximal and distal bars, median blotch), 15 pectoral-fin rays, pectoral-fin lengthgreater than head length, 5½–6½ scales above and 5–6 scales below the lateral line (to the pelvic fin), 39–44 total lateral-line pores, no axillary pelvic-fin lobe, pelvic fin not reaching anus, orbital length less than interorbital width in adult, and maxillary barbel reaching to or slightly past the anterior orbital rim.

scholarly journals Two new species of Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characidae) from upper rio Tapajós basin on Chapada dos Parecis, central Brazil

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Pinto Carvalho ◽  
Vinicius Araújo Bertaco
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Black Band

Two new species of Hyphessobrycon are described from the upper rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Hyphessobrycon melanostichos is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of a conspicuous longitudinal broad black band beginning on the posterior margin of orbit and reaching the tip of middle caudal fin rays, a distinct vertically elongate humeral spot, and 16 to 18 branched anal-fin rays. Hyphessobrycon notidanos is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of an elongate dorsal fin in mature males, a vertically elongate humeral spot, 2-4 maxillary teeth, iii,8 dorsal-fin rays, and 16 to 21 branched anal-fin rays.

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.

Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-394
Author(s):  
MAZAHER ZAMANI-FARADONBE ◽  
E. ZHANG ◽  
YAZDAN KEIVANY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Mtdna Coi ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

Garra hormuzensis, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf basin by having 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays, usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays, the breast, belly and back in front of the dorsal-fin origin covered by scales, and a free lateral and posterior margins of the gular disc. It is further characterised by having a minimum K2P distance of 1.16% to G. mondica in the mtDNA COI barcode region.  

scholarly journals Three new species of the fangblenny genus Meiacanthus from Indonesia, with color photographs and comments on other species (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3046 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. SMITH-VANIZ ◽  
GERALD R. ALLEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Body Color ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Black Stripe ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Yellow Body ◽  
Deep Water Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Water Species

Three new species of fangblennies are described from Indonesia. Meiacanthus abruptus is described based on two specimens, 31.4–36.6 mm SL, from Komodo Island and color photographs of others from Bali. The combination of a white or yellow body color and a single dark mid-lateral stripe that is bluntly rounded at its terminus on the caudal-fin base distinguishes it from other single striped species. This new species closely resembles the allopatric M. vicinus, which has the mid-lateral stripe extending farther onto the caudal fin and tapering to a point. Meiacanthus erdmanni is described from the only known specimen, 35.8 mm SL, photographed and collected in 65–70 m in Cenderawasih Bay, western New Guinea. One of the deepest known species of Meiacanthus, it has two dark mid-lateral stripes and differs from other doublestriped species in having a series of dark blotches on the base of the dorsal fin and only 24 segmented dorsal-fin rays. Meiacanthus cyanopterus, another deep-water species, is described from seven specimens, 19.8–45.3 mm SL, collected in 40–65 m at three sites in Alor Strait. In life this species has a dorsal fin with a blue-violet stripe bordered above by a wide black stripe. An identification key is provided for all the striped species of Meiacanthus, including at least one additional undescribed species previously confused with M. abditus. Color photographs of other Meiacanthus species and some new distributional records are also given.

Bregmaceros anchovia sp. nov., a new codlet species from the western Pacific Ocean (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4801 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-569
Author(s):  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
HIROMITSU ENDO ◽  
CHIA-LIEN LEE ◽  
TAH-WEI CHU
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Western Pacific Ocean ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Caudal Vertebrae ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Southwestern Taiwan ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

A new codlet species is described from Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Australia. It is distinguished from its congeners by having a pointed snout extending beyond jaws, a stripe of black dots above anal-fin base, a black vertical band on caudal-fin base, and the following combination of characters: ventral surface of head and abdomen devoid of melanophores; ventral portion of abdominal vertebrae with a pointed parapophysis and a blunt ventral post-zygapophysis; peritoneum, pyloric caeca, and intestine pale; dorsal-fin rays 46–52; anal-fin rays 47–55; pectoral-fin rays 15–17; principal caudal-fin rays 12‒14; caudal vertebrae 35‒39; total vertebrae 50–54. Furthermore, as a result of this study, Bregmaceros pescadorus Shen described from southwestern Taiwan is herein recognized as a junior synonym of Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley. 

scholarly journals Note on a Specimen of Echinorhinus spinosus

1896 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-265
Author(s):  
F. B. Stead
Keyword(s):  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Gill Opening ◽  
Anterior Edge ◽  
Long Line ◽  
Pelvic Fin

A specimen of this somewhat uncommon shark was recently brought to the Laboratory by some fishermen. The following notes on it may be of interest. The fish was taken with a long line baited with mackerel, for conger. It was captured forty miles south of the Mewstone, at a depth of about forty-five fathoms. The specimen was a female, and measured 6 feet 6 inches from the end of the snout to the tip of the tail. The following are the principal other measurements: snout to anterior edge of first dorsal fin, 46 inches; snout to anterior edge of pectoral, 20 inches; the interval between the anterior edge of the pectoral, and the pelvic fin was 26 inches. The first dorsal, which was small, was thus situated immediately above the pelvic. The second dorsal, which was smaller than the first, was situated as nearly as possible midway between the first dorsal and the commencement of the caudal fin. The measurements so far tally with Day's description of the species.Attention may, however, be drawn to the measurements which follow in connection with the following statement in Day: “Ventral (fin) … commences mid-way between the front gill opening and the end of the caudal fin in elongated forms: or anterior end of the snout and middle of the caudal fin, as observed in the Plymouth and Aberdeen stouter specimens.” (Day's British Fishes, vol. ii. p. 323.)In my specimen the distance from the front gill opening to the anterior edge of the ventral was 30 inches: thence to the end of the caudal was 33 inches.

scholarly journals Description and biological observations on a new species of deepwater symphurine tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: Symphurus) collected at Volcano–19, Tonga Arc, West Pacific Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3061 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS A. MUNROE ◽  
JENNIFER TYLER ◽  
VERENA TUNNICLIFFE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Blind Side ◽  
Remotely Operated Vehicle ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
West Pacific Ocean ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Active Venting

Symphurus maculopinnis n. sp., described on a single specimen (USNM 398820; 84.4 mm SL), was collected by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) exploring a hydrothermal vent area located at 561 m on Volcano–19, Tonga Arc, West Pacific (24°48.439' S, 177°0.009' W). This new species is distinctive and readily diagnosed from congeners by the following combination of characters: 1–2–2–2–1 pattern of interdigitation of dorsal proximal pterygiophores and neural spines (ID pattern), 14 caudal-fin rays, 3+6 abdominal vertebrae, 49 total vertebrae, 89 scales in a longitudinal row, 92 dorsal-fin rays, 77 anal-fin rays, blunt squarish snout, thick blind-side lips with conspicuous plicae, and conspicuous ocellated (sometimes partially) spots on posterior dorsal and anal fins. Among Symphurus, only S. ocellatus von Bonde, collected at deepwater locations off East Africa, features a similar ID pattern, 14 caudal-fin rays and spots on the posterior dorsal and anal fins. Symphurus maculopinnis differs distinctly from S. ocellatus in its lower and non-overlapping meristic features (49 vs. 54–56 total vertebrae; 92 vs. 97–103 dorsal-fin rays; and 77 vs. 85–89 anal-fin rays), its squarish (vs. pointed) snout, and thick, plicated blind-side lower lip (vs. thin, non-plicated blind-side lower lip). Additional specimens (N= 56) of S. maculopinnis observed and filmed in situ near active venting sites located between ca. 433-561 m on Volcano–19 provide the basis for behavioral and ecological information recorded for the species. Videotapes reveal one individual of S. maculopinnis featuring reversed (dextral) asymmetry from that typical (sinistral) for members of the Cynoglossidae. Specimens with reversed asymmetry are relatively rare in this family and this S. maculopinnis represents only the second known reversed individual among the approximately 42 species of deep-sea (>200 m) Symphurus.

scholarly journals Odontanthias randalli n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia WILLIAM T. WHITE (Australia)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3015 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM T. WHITE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Dorsal Spine ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
Pale Pink ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
A New Species

Odontanthias randalli, a new species of anthiine serranid fish from southeastern Indonesia, is described, bringing the number of known species in the genus to 14. The new species is clearly distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin soft rays 16–17, lateral-line scales 37 to 39, 3rd dorsal spine longest, 3rd dorsal-fin soft ray the only filamentous dorsal-fin ray, caudal fin lunate with extremely long filamentous lobes, depth of body 2.2 to 2. 5 in SL, vomerine-tooth patch arrowhead shaped, and body pinkish with bright yellow spots on upper half and four pale pink blotches below dorsal-fin base. The new species is compared with other members of the genus.

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