Porocottus leptosomus sp. nov., from the west coast of Korea, Yellow Sea (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) |
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| Authors: | Fumihito Muto Youn Choi Mamoru Yabe |
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| Institution: | (1) Traffic East Asia-Japan, 6th Fl. Nihonseimei Akabane-bashi Bldg., 3-1-14 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014, Japan(e-mail: muto@klact.co.jp), JP;(2) Department of Marine Living Resources, Kunsan National University, 573-701, Miryong-dong, Kunsan-shi, Chollabuk-do, Korea (e-mail: choi@knusun1.kunsan.ac.kr), KR;(3) Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan (e-mail: myabe@fish.hokudai.ac.jp), JP |
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| Abstract: | A new cottid species, Porocottus leptosomus, is described on the basis of 12 specimens collected from Taean, west coast of Korea, Yellow Sea. The species is distinguished
from other species of Porocottus by the following combination of characters: a strongly compressed body, two pairs of branched cirri on the dorsal surface
of the head, bases of head cirri smooth, a single cirrus on the dorsal tip of each spine of the first dorsal fin, a single
opening of the sixth canaliculus of the infraorbital sensory canal, a long posterior medial canaliculus of the occipital canal
with the terminal pore and a few supplementary pores, and melanophores on the isthmus hidden beneath the branchiostegal membrane.
Received: January 11, 2001 / Revised: February 7, 2002 / Accepted: March 4, 2002 |
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| Keywords: | Cottidae New species Porocottus leptosomus Korea |
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