A new lophiid anglerfish,Lophiodes fimbriatus from the coastal waters of Japan |
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| Authors: | Toshiro Saruwatari Kenji Mochizuki |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of the Biology of Fisheries Resources, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1, Minamidai, Nakano-ku, 164, Tokyo, Japan
2. Department of Fisheries, University Museum, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan
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| Abstract: | A new species of lophiid anglerfish,Lophiodes fimbriatus, Is described. The holotype was captured from Wakayama and the paratype from Kuba-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, The present species is distinguished from its congeners by the combinations of the following characters: slender and branched tendrils present on both dorsal and ventral surfaces of the body, lightly pigmented illicium, simple vestigial esca, and paired tendrils on the third dorsal spine. |
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