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Main Authors: Ng, Shing-Lai, White, William T, Liu, Kwang-Ming, Joung, Shoou-Jeng
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Journal of fish biology 2026
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40968439/
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author Ng, Shing-Lai
White, William T
Liu, Kwang-Ming
Joung, Shoou-Jeng
author_facet Ng, Shing-Lai
White, William T
Liu, Kwang-Ming
Joung, Shoou-Jeng
Ng, Shing-Lai
White, William T
Liu, Kwang-Ming
Joung, Shoou-Jeng
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus. Ng, Shing-Lai White, William T Liu, Kwang-Ming Joung, Shoou-Jeng Animals Western Australia Male Female Phylogeny Animal Fins Species Specificity Etmopterus westraliensis is described as a new species based on six specimens collected from Western Australia, eastern Indian Ocean. The new species is assigned to the Etmopterus lucifer group due to its slender, elongate anterior and posterior branches of the flank markings. It shares the following combination of morphological characters with two congeners, Etmopterus brachyurus and Etmopterus samadiae: dermal denticles hook-like, a naked area present on underside of snout, denticles present on dorsal fins in mature individuals, the origin of flank-marking base anterior to a vertical line through origin of the second dorsal fin, caudal-fin base marking thin and slender and a relatively short posterior caudal-fin marking. The new species differs from E. brachyurus in having a longer caudal-fin base marking, ventral portion of caudal-fin base marking much longer than wide, and differs from E. samadiae in having a longer mouth, different shape of the naked area on underside of snout, thinner posterior branch of flank marking, caudal-fin base marking tip tapering and more monospondylous centra. The new species is also distinguished from E. brachyurus and E. samadiae by the mean genetic distance for the NADH2 gene, that is, 0.028 and 0.040, respectively. E. brachyurus is redescribed here based on the holotype together with additional specimens collected from the northwestern Pacific.
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spellingShingle Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus.
Ng, Shing-Lai
White, William T
Liu, Kwang-Ming
Joung, Shoou-Jeng
Animals
Western Australia
Male
Female
Phylogeny
Animal Fins
Species Specificity
Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus. Ng, Shing-Lai White, William T Liu, Kwang-Ming Joung, Shoou-Jeng Animals Western Australia Male Female Phylogeny Animal Fins Species Specificity Etmopterus westraliensis is described as a new species based on six specimens collected from Western Australia, eastern Indian Ocean. The new species is assigned to the Etmopterus lucifer group due to its slender, elongate anterior and posterior branches of the flank markings. It shares the following combination of morphological characters with two congeners, Etmopterus brachyurus and Etmopterus samadiae: dermal denticles hook-like, a naked area present on underside of snout, denticles present on dorsal fins in mature individuals, the origin of flank-marking base anterior to a vertical line through origin of the second dorsal fin, caudal-fin base marking thin and slender and a relatively short posterior caudal-fin marking. The new species differs from E. brachyurus in having a longer caudal-fin base marking, ventral portion of caudal-fin base marking much longer than wide, and differs from E. samadiae in having a longer mouth, different shape of the naked area on underside of snout, thinner posterior branch of flank marking, caudal-fin base marking tip tapering and more monospondylous centra. The new species is also distinguished from E. brachyurus and E. samadiae by the mean genetic distance for the NADH2 gene, that is, 0.028 and 0.040, respectively. E. brachyurus is redescribed here based on the holotype together with additional specimens collected from the northwestern Pacific.
title Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus.
topic Animals
Western Australia
Male
Female
Phylogeny
Animal Fins
Species Specificity
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40968439/