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Etelis boweni sp. nov., a new cryptic deepwater eteline snapper from the Indo-Pacific (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) |
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| Authors: | Kimberly R. Andrews Iria Fernandez-Silva John E. Randall Hsuan-Ching Ho |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA;2. Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kāne'ohe, Hawaii, USA Section of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology (School of Biology), University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain;3. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA Deceased.;4. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC |
| Abstract: | A new species of Etelis is described based on 16 specimens collected from the Red Sea and Western Australia, with confirmed genetic records throughout the Indo-West Pacific. It is similar to and was often misidentified as Etelis carbunculus Cuvier, with both species sharing the diagnostic character of low number of developed gill rakers. Nonetheless, the two species are genetically divergent and differ morphologically in adult body length; proportions of eye, snout, cheek and caudal fin; shape of head, opercular spine and sagittal otolith; and coloration of the tip of the upper caudal fin. Etelis boweni has a wide Indo-west Pacific distribution that largely overlaps with E. carbunculus, and the two species are often caught on the same fishing line. |
| Keywords: | Actinopterygii cryptic species ichthyology Pisces snappers taxonomy |