A new species of anchovy,Encrasicholina auster (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Fiji,southwestern Pacific Ocean |
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Authors: | H Hata H Motomura |
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Institution: | 1. United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japank2795502@kadai.jp;3. The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, Japan |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTEncrasicholina auster sp. nov. (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) is described on the basis of six specimens collected from Fiji, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The new species is distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: long upper jaw (posterior tip extending beyond posterior margin of preopercle) 20.8%–22.5% standard length (SL); long lower jaw 19.0%–20.7% SL; long head 29.1%–29.2% SL; three unbranched rays in the dorsal and anal fins; transverse scales 11; branched pectoral-fin rays 12–13; pseudobranchial filaments 19–21; gill rakers 45–49, 40–43, 26–31 and 22–25 on the first, second, third and fourth gill arches, respectively. |
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Keywords: | Teleostei taxonomy morphology Encrasicholina new species |
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