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| Format: | Artículo científico |
| Language: | en |
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ZooKeys
2024
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| Online Access: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39698224/ |
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- A new species of the jawfish genus from Taiwan, northwestern Pacific Ocean (Perciformes, Opistognathidae). Su, Yo Ho, Hsuan-Ching A new species of jawfish genus is described based on a specimen collected from a beach in the Peng-hu Islands during a cold snap. The new species, , differs from its congeners in having a rigid upper jaw, 10-11 + 1 + 19-22 = 31-33 gill rakers, 55 scale rows in lateral series, 10 + 16 = 26 vertebrae, the terminus of the lateral line at the base of the fourth segmented dorsal-fin ray (15 in total rays), the head, nape, dorsal-fin base above lateral line, throat, chest, and pectoral-fin base naked, dorsal fin with eight blotches along its entire base, body with five horizontal dark stripes, nape with two dark blotches in front of the dorsal-fin origin, and a caudal fin with five narrow, dark bands. A detailed description is provided and compared to its similar congeners.